Common use of Contracts Clause in Contracts

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Mueller Industries Inc), Merger Agreement (Tecumseh Products Co), Merger Agreement (Tecumseh Products Co)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set Set forth in Section 4.12(a) 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains is a complete and accurate list of (a) all Material Contracts contracts, agreements, commitments, undertakings or obligations to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as or by which it or its assets or properties are bound or subject which involve the payment by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $50,000 under any one of such contracts and which have a remaining term of more than 120 days (taking into account the effect of any renewal options), (b) all contracts, agreements or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness; (c) all joint venture or partnership agreements to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party; (d) all contracts or agreements restricting the right of any person or entity to compete with the Company or any Subsidiary, and all contracts or agreements restricting the right of the date Company or any Subsidiary to compete with any person or entity, to sell to or purchase from any person or entity or to hire any person; (e) all contracts or agreements, other than contracts or agreements for the sale of this Agreement. For products in the ordinary course of business, providing for indemnification or exoneration of any other person or entity by the Company or any Subsidiary; (f) all purposes of contracts or agreements with any public utility pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary provides goods or services to such public utility; (g) all contracts pursuant to which the Company provides services and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any pursuant to which there is no limitation on the liability of the following Company; and (h) all other contracts, agreements, commitments, undertakings or obligations to which the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any it or its assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company properties are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement subject (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); Real Property Leases, Personal Property Leases, Employment Agreements and Benefit Plans) (ivx) any Contract that (1) is material which if terminated or lost would have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2y) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts was not entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract collectively, the "Contracts"). There have been made available to Crane true and complete copies of all such Contracts that provides for the grant of a licenseare in writing (including all amendments thereto, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property if any). Except as set forth in Section 3.13 of the Company or any Subsidiary Disclosure Schedule, all of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, are in full force and effect and binding upon neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries (as the applicable Company Subsidiarycase may be) is in default thereunder, and nor, to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the is any other parties thereto party to any Contract in accordance with its terms (except default thereunder, nor, to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge best of the Company Company's knowledge, does any condition exist that that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in default would give rise to a right on the aggregate have not resulted in termination part of a Material some party thereto to terminate such Contract or resulted claim damages thereunder, except such default (i) as to which requisite waivers or consents have been obtained or (ii) which is curable and is cured within the applicable period for cure permitted under such Contract. Except as set forth in a material liability Section 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no approval or consent of any person is needed in order for the CompanyContracts to continue in full force and effect under the same terms and conditions currently in effect following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Liberty Technologies Inc), Merger Agreement (Liberty Technologies Inc), Merger Agreement (Crane Co /De/)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC DocumentsAgreement, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company or its any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. Contract (i) any that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Company SEC DocumentsSecurities Act (other than a Benefit Plan), whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by containing covenants binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line Subsidiaries that materially restrict the ability of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into its Affiliates to compete in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change business or in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000geographic area, (Biii) pursuant with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements agreement or other Contracts relating similar agreement or arrangement, or to the borrowing formation, creation or operation, management or control of money any partnership or extension of creditjoint venture, in each case in excess of $500,000case, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries with any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company arrangement is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into (iv) that limits or prohibits the payment of dividends or distributions in respect of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in Subsidiaries, prohibits the ordinary course pledging of business by capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to applicable Law or Order), (v) which provides for any guarantee of third party obligations, other than any guarantees by the Company of the Company Subsidiaries’ obligations or guarantees by the Company Subsidiaries of the Company’s obligations, (vi) which relates to an acquisition, divestiture, merger or similar transaction and which contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent obligations) that are still in effect (other than this Agreement and confidentiality agreements in connection with any potential acquisition, divestiture, merger or similar transaction), or (vii) which provides for payments to be made to a third party by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries upon a change in control of any of them, including the Merger, except in the case of clauses (i) through (vi) for any (A) such Contract that may be cancelled without material penalty by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries upon notice of thirty (30) days or less and (B) information technology Contracts. Each such Contract described in clauses (i) through (vii) is referred to herein as a “Material Contract. (b) Except for Each Material Contracts that have expired Contract is valid and binding on the Company or terminated by their termsthe Company Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract required other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except for such failures to be filed as an exhibit valid and binding or to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, be in full force and effect and binding upon as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no breach or default under any Material Contracts by the Company or the applicable Company SubsidiarySubsidiaries and no event has occurred that, and to with the knowledge lapse of time or the Companygiving of notice or both, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited would constitute a breach or default thereunder by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium Company or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofSubsidiaries, or are not in default under any Material Contracteach case except as would not, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (American Financial Group Inc), Merger Agreement (National Interstate CORP), Merger Agreement (American Financial Group Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Agreement, Section 4.08(a) of the Company SEC Documents▇▇▇ Disclosure Letter sets forth a list, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company all Contracts (except for any ▇▇▇ Insurance Contract, ▇▇▇ Reinsurance Contract, ▇▇▇ Benefit Plan or STFC Benefit Plan) to which ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries Subsidiaries, as applicable, is a party to or bound by any that meets the following criteria (each, a “▇▇▇ Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a”): (i) (A) containing covenants that purport to materially restrict the ability of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of or, at or after the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementClosing, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company LMHC or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. from (i1) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage engaging in any line of business or to compete competing in any business with any Person or in any line of businessgeographic area, (2) operating its business in any manner or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultlocation, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company soliciting or hiring employees or (23) acquiring assets or securities of another Person (whether through a standstill or otherwise), (B) provides for the granting of “most favored nation” pricing or exclusive rights to any Person or (C) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make disposition of any material payment to another Person upon consummation assets or line of a change in control business of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition ▇▇▇ or its Subsidiaries or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course assets or line of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of Person or, at or after the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company Closing, LMHC or any of its Subsidiaries; (xii) with respect to any partnership, joint venture or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture material to ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries, except for any such Contract solely between ▇▇▇ and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or solely among SAM’s wholly-owned Subsidiaries; (iii) that evidences the creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of Indebtedness of ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $7,500,000, other than any Indebtedness between or among any of ▇▇▇ and any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries; (iv) limiting or prohibiting (or purporting to limit or prohibit) the declaration of or payment of dividends or distributions to the ▇▇▇ Members or in respect of the capital stock or other equity securities of any of the Subsidiaries of ▇▇▇, prohibiting the pledging of any capital stock or other equity securities of any of the Subsidiaries of ▇▇▇ or prohibiting the issuance of guarantees by ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to applicable Law); (v) pursuant to which ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries (A) licenses any material Intellectual Property from any non-Affiliated Person (other than licenses for open source or off-the-shelf software pursuant to “click-wrap” or “shrink-wrap” agreements), (B) licenses any material Intellectual Property to any non-Affiliated Person or (C) is limited in its own use or enforcement of any Intellectual Property owned by ▇▇▇ or its Subsidiaries; (vi) any Contract the principal purpose of which is to indemnify any current or former ▇▇▇ Member in respect of any potential Tax Liabilities; (vii) any collective bargaining agreement or any other labor-related agreement or arrangement with any labor union, trade union, labor organization or other employee representative body; (viii) relating to an acquisition, disposition or divestiture of any business or any assets that constitute a business or business unit or division of another Person (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) and which contains representations, covenants, material indemnities or other material obligations (including material indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent obligations) that are still in effect (other than this Agreement and confidentiality agreements in connection with any potential acquisition, divestiture, merger or similar transaction); (ix) evidencing derivatives, financial or commodity hedging or similar trading activities, including any interest rate or currency swaps or similar Contract to which ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; (x) Governmental Authority containing a put, call, right of first refusal, right of first offer or (y) director similar right or officer of the Company obligation pursuant to which ▇▇▇ or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries would be required to purchase or sell, as applicable, all or any Affiliate substantial part of the Company any material assets, rights or holder properties of 5% ▇▇▇ or more any of the outstanding Sharesits Subsidiaries; (xi) that restricts the ability of ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries to declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, property or any combination thereof) in respect of, any of its capital stock, other equity or voting interests; (xii) with respect to any voting agreement, voting trust, shareholder agreement or registration rights agreement, other than in connection with ▇▇▇ Investment Assets; (xiii) containing a mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or similar Lien (other contract granting a Lien than any Permitted Lien) on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Companymaterial to ▇▇▇ and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); (xiixiv) requiring any Contract that provides for payments by capital commitment or capital expenditures (including any series of related expenditures) or pursuant to which ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or collectively, have any obligations (including with respect to the Company purchase or any Subsidiary sale of the Company materials, supplies, goods, equipment or other assets), in each case, in excess of $500,000 2,000,000 per annum, year or in the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof next twelve (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014)12) months; (xiiixv) that are ▇▇▇ Leases; (xvi) that provides for any customerguarantee of third-party obligations, clientother than any guarantees by ▇▇▇ of its Subsidiaries’ obligations or guarantees by SAM’s Subsidiaries of SAM’s obligations; (xvii) with any Governmental Authority, supply other than any non-disclosure or vendor similar Contract or Policy entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xviii) providing for any settlement of any Action (other than ordinary course claims made under ▇▇▇ Insurance Contracts within applicable policy limits) that involved consideration payable by (A) imposes material future limitations on the operation of ▇▇▇ and its Subsidiaries or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 (B) involves (x) payments after December 31, 2020, in excess of $500,000 5,000,000 or (y) monitoring or reporting obligations to any other Person; or (xix) that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable provides for the “sale” (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act) of Personal Data Processed by or to the Company ▇▇▇ or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyits Subsidiaries. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other party or terminated by their termsparties thereto, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) each ▇▇▇ Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of ▇▇▇ and any of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for Knowledge of ▇▇▇, each other party or parties thereto, in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect, subject to the year ended December 31Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, 2014 or (ii) as of the date hereof, each ▇▇▇ Material Contract is in full force and effect, (iii) ▇▇▇ and any Company SEC Document filed after applicable Subsidiary of ▇▇▇ is not and, to the Knowledge of ▇▇▇, as of the date hereof, no other party thereto is in default in the performance, observation or fulfillment of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in each ▇▇▇ Material Contract and (iv) no event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default by ▇▇▇ or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the Knowledge of ▇▇▇, as of the date hereof, by any other party thereto, under any ▇▇▇ Material Contract, except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) where such Form 10‑K, is valid, failures to be valid and binding and in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiarydefaults would not, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate aggregate, have not resulted in termination a ▇▇▇ Material Adverse Effect. ▇▇▇ has made available to LMHC a copy of a each ▇▇▇ Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContract.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (State Auto Financial CORP), Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts as filed as exhibits to the Company SEC DocumentsDocuments filed prior to the date hereof, or as disclosed in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no Company Agreement relating to the ADS Business, the Acquired Assets or the Retained Liabilities (a) any of the benefits to any party of which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits to any party of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the Transactions or the value of any of the benefits to any party of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the Transactions (except as disclosed pursuant to Section 3.11) or (b) which, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K of the SEC), prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary involves aggregate expenditures in excess of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business$50,000 per annum, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary involves aggregate expenditures in excess of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements $50,000 and was not entered into in the ordinary course of business); , (iv) any Contract that (1) is material contains “take or pay” provisions applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto Company Subsidiary, (v) contains any non-compete or exclusivity provisions with respect to make any material payment line of business or geographic area with respect to another Person upon consummation of a change in control the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of the Company; (v) ’s current or future affiliates, or which restricts the conduct of any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition line of business by the Company or Company, any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company’s current or future affiliates, any Company Subsidiary or (C) any contract that involves a joint venturegeographic area in which the Company, limited liability company any Company Subsidiary or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans of the Company’s current or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of creditfuture affiliates may conduct business, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of businessany respect, (Bvi) loans would reasonably be expected to Subsidiaries prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or any of the other Transactions or (vii) is necessary for the conduct of the ADS Business as currently conducted but constitutes an Excluded Asset. Each contract of the type described in this Section 3.13, whether or not set forth in Section 3.13 of the Company in the ordinary course of businessDisclosure Schedule, and (C) extensions of credit is referred to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests herein as a “Company Material Contract”. Each Company Agreement relating to the researchADS Business, development, supply, manufacture the Acquired Assets or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Retained Liabilities is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, valid and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to binding on the Company and its Subsidiarieseach Company Subsidiary party thereto and, taken to the Company’s knowledge, each other party thereto, as a wholeapplicable, and in full force and effect, and the Company and each Company Subsidiary has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under each such Company Agreement and, to the Company’s knowledge, each other than any party to each such contracts entered into Company Agreement has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under such Company Agreement, except as would not, or would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the ordinary course aggregate, (1) prohibit or materially delay the consummation of business consistent with past practice; the Offer, the Merger or any of the other Transactions, (ix2) any Contract that provides for otherwise prevent or materially delay performance by the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) Company of any intellectual property of its material obligations under this Agreement or (3) result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company knows of, or has received notice of, any violation or default under (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any condition which with the passage of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, time or the delivery by the Company giving of notice would cause such a violation of or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (iidefault under) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑KAgreement relating to the ADS Business, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company Acquired Assets or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (Retained Liabilities except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium for violations or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofdefaults that would not, or are would not in default under any Material Contractbe reasonably expected to, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination aggregate, (1) prohibit or materially delay consummation of a Material Contract the Offer, the Merger or resulted any of the other Transactions, (2) otherwise prevent or materially delay performance by the Company of any of its material obligations under this Agreement or (3) result in a material liability, nor Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has delivered to the knowledge Purchaser or provided to the Purchaser for review, prior to the execution of this Agreement, true, complete and correct copies of all of the Company does any condition exist that with notice Material Contracts or lapse other Company Agreements relating to the ADS Business, the Acquired Assets or the Retained Liabilities required to be disclosed in Section 3.13 of time the Company Disclosure Schedule, which are not filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents and the Company Material Contracts or both would constitute a default thereunderother Company Agreements required to be disclosed in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents are true, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination complete and correct copies of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companysuch contracts.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (New 360), Merger Agreement (Point 360), Merger Agreement (DG FastChannel, Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(aSchedule 4.08(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list Schedules sets forth, by reference to the applicable subsection of this Section 4.08(a), all Material of the following Contracts to or which a Seller is a party, by which the Company a Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is assets or properties are bound, or in respect of which a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementSeller receives revenue (each, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.”): (i) any “material contract” Contract (as such term is defined A) with any Top Vendor, or (B) providing for payments (whether fixed, contingent or otherwise) by or to a Seller in Item 601(b)(10) an aggregate amount of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether $15,000 or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementmore; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company relating to a partnership, joint venture, joint marketing, joint development or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete similar joint arrangement with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsPerson; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” employment agreement or other similar contingent Contract for or relating to a Seller’s employment or engagement of any manager, officer, Employee or independent contractor, and any other Contract with a Seller’s managers, officers, Employees or independent contractors, including any Contract requiring a Seller to make a payment obligations pursuant to which any manager, officer, Employee or independent contractor in connection with the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of transactions contemplated by this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)documents contemplated hereby; (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiariesprovides for, taken as a wholeor relates to, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the CompanyIndebtedness; (v) any Contract that restricts a Seller from (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or engaging in any Subsidiary aspect of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000Business, (B) pursuant to which the Company participating or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest competing in any other Person line of business, market or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Companygeographic area, or (C) freely setting prices for its products (including most favored customer pricing provisions), (D) soliciting potential employees, consultants, contractors, suppliers or customers or (E) enforcing or using any contract that involves Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third PersonSeller; (vi) any mortgagesContract under which a Seller grants any exclusive rights (including any exclusive Intellectual Property licenses), indentures, guarantees, loans rights of first refusal or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating rights of first negotiation to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businessany Person; (vii) any Contract pursuant containing a “requirements” provision or other provision obligating a Seller to which the Company, Subsidiary purchase or obtain a minimum or specified amount of the Company, any product or service from any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leasesPerson; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification that, following Closing, would or guarantee would purport to: (A) require the Business to grant any Intellectual Property license; (B) restrict Buyer from engaging in any of the obligations activities described in Section 4.08(a)(vi); or (C) require Buyer to grant or be bound by any exclusive rights, rights of first refusal or rights of first negotiation to any Person; (ix) any Contract with any labor union, employee association or any collective bargaining agreement or similar Contract with Employees; (x) any settlement agreement entered into since the date that is five (5) years from the date of this Agreement (including any agreement under which any employment-related claim is settled); (A) any Contract that includes an obligation by a Seller to indemnify any other Person against any claim of infringement, misappropriation, misuse, dilution or violation of any Intellectual Property, and (B) any Contract of guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement of, or any similar commitment with respect to, the Liabilities or Indebtedness of any other Person; (xii) other than routine employment-related Contracts, any Contract with a Related Person that would be material of a Seller or, to the Company and its Subsidiariesknowledge of Sellers, taken as a whole, other than Family Member of any such contracts entered into Related Person; (xiii) any Contract pursuant to which a Seller has acquired a business or entity, or substantially all of the assets of a business or entity, whether by way of merger, consolidation, purchase of equity interests, purchase of assets, license or otherwise; (xiv) any Contract that involves (A) the sharing of profits with other Persons or (B) the payment of royalties to any other Person; (xv) any Contract that contains an earn-out or other contingent payment or obligation (which contingent payment or obligation is not related to a warranty or rights of indemnification granted by a Seller in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xxvi) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority Authority, any prime contractor, higher-tier subcontractor or (y) director reseller to a Governmental Authority, or officer of the Company university, college or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharesother post-secondary educational institution; (xixvii) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust Contract with a payment network or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Companyprocessor; (xiixviii) any Contract that (A) provides for payments the creation or development of any Intellectual Property by or to the Company or Sellers for any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumother Person, or provides for the delivery assignment, sale or other transfer of any interest in Intellectual Property by a Seller to any other Person; (B) provides for the creation of development of any Intellectual Property for a Seller by any other Person, or provides for the assignment, sale or other transfer of any interest in Intellectual Property to a Seller from any other Person (C) includes any grant by a Seller to any other Person of a license, permission or right to use any Company IP; (D) includes any grant by any other Person to a Seller of a license, permission or right to use any Subsidiary of the Company of goods Intellectual Property (other than licenses for Off-the-Shelf Software); or services with (E) restricts, limits or places any conditions on a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annumSeller’s ability to use, during the remaining term thereof (in each caseenforce or otherwise exploit any Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by a Seller, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) including any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or coexistence agreements and covenants not to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000sue; and (xivxix) any other Contract that restricts is material to a Seller, the Business or otherwise limits the payment of dividends their respective operations, financial condition, properties or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyassets. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect valid and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto on a Seller in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect. No Seller or, to Seller’s knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach of or default under (except or is alleged to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect in breach of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law default under) or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not has provided or received any claim notice of a material breach or violation ofany intention to terminate, or are not in default under any Material Contract. No event or circumstance has occurred that, except for defaults which individually with or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with without notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a an event of default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a under any Material Contract or resulted result in a material liability for termination thereof or would cause or permit the Companyacceleration or other changes of any right or obligation or the loss of benefit thereunder. Complete and correct copies of each Material Contract have been made available to Buyer. There are no disputes pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened under any Material Contract.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Interactive Strength, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Interactive Strength, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Interactive Strength, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for Section 4.11(a) of the Meadow Disclosure Schedule lists the following Meadow Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement (other than any Meadow Benefit Plan) under which Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries has any remaining material rights or obligations (each, a “Meadow Material Contract”): (i) a material contract as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act; (ii) each Contract that is material to the business or operations of Meadow and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any “most-favored nations” pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights related to any products or territory, (C) any exclusivity provision or (D) any agreement to purchase minimum quantity of goods or services; (iii) each Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty; (iv) each Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any entity; (v) each Contract providing for the creation of any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments providing for the creation of material Indebtedness of Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries or creating any material Liens with respect to any material assets of Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) each Contract requiring payment by or to Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement in excess of $500,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any agreement involving provision of services or products with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries; (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, development or other agreement currently in force under which Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries; or (D) any Contract to license any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, except for Contracts filed as exhibits entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (vii) each Meadow Real Estate Lease; (viii) each Contract with any Governmental Entity, other than clinical trial agreements, sponsored research agreements or material transfer agreements entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (ix) each Meadow Out-bound License and Meadow In-bound License; (x) each Contract that is material to the Company SEC Documentsbusiness or operations of Meadow and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of Meadow or any of its Subsidiaries; (xi) each Contract that is not terminable at will with 60 days’ prior notice (with no penalty or payment) by Meadow or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and which involves payment or receipt by Meadow or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such Contract of more than $100,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate; (xii) each collective bargaining agreement or other similar Contract with any labor organization, union, group or association covering employees of Meadow; or (xiii) each Contract (A) for the employment or engagement of any employee, consultant or independent contractor providing such Person with annual compensation or fees in excess of $250,000, (B) providing for the payment of any cash or other compensation or benefits upon the consummation of the Merger, (C) restricting Meadow’s ability to terminate the employment or services of any employee, consultant or independent contractor thereof at any time for any lawful reason or for no reason without penalty, or (D) providing for severance or similar termination payments, retention or change in control payments, or for the acceleration of vesting or grant of any incentive equity or similar compensation. (b) Meadow has made available to Iris accurate and complete copies of all Meadow Material Contracts, including all material amendments thereto, in each case in effect on the date hereof but excluding any purchase orders and/or work orders issued under a Meadow Material Contract in the Ordinary Course of Business. There are no Meadow Material Contracts that are not in written form. As of the date of this Agreement, none of Meadow, any of its Subsidiaries or, to Meadow’s Knowledge, any other party to a Meadow Material Contract, has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of, or Laws applicable to, any Meadow Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Meadow Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages or pursue other legal remedies which would reasonably be expected to be material to Meadow and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. As to Meadow and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries each Meadow Material Contract is a party to or bound by any Material Contractvalid, except as set forth binding, enforceable and in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete full force and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementeffect, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit subject to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Between the date of the this Agreement Meadow Balance Sheet and the date hereof, no counterparty to a Meadow Material Contract has notified Meadow in writing (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material or, to the Company and its SubsidiariesKnowledge of Meadow, taken as otherwise) that it intends to terminate or not renew a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Meadow Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (MEI Pharma, Inc.)

Contracts. (ai) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation or breach of or in default under (nor does there exist any condition that upon the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would cause such a violation or breach of or default under) any Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound, except for violations, breaches or defaults that individually or in the aggregate have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to the Company's manufacturing facility and executive and general offices located in Montpelier, Ohio, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens, defects in title, easements, restrictive covenants and similar encumbrances that individually or in the aggregate have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. (ii) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed in unredacted form as exhibits to the Company Filed SEC Documents, Section 3.01(j)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement, none and the Company has delivered to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement true, complete and correct copies (including all amendments and modifications thereto) of: (A) all Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or that purports to be binding upon the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates, that contain a covenant restricting the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (or which, following the consummation of the Merger, could restrict the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company and its Subsidiaries) to compete in any business or bound by with any Material Contract, except as set forth person or in Section 4.12(aany geographic area; (B) all Contracts of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list or any of its Subsidiaries with any Affiliate of the Company (other than any of its Subsidiaries); (C) all Material Contracts joint venture, partnership or other similar agreements to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For (including all purposes of amendments and under this Agreementmodifications thereto); and (D) all loan agreements, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following credit agreements, notes, debentures, bonds, mortgages, indentures and other Contracts (collectively, "debt obligations") pursuant to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is outstanding or may be incurred and all guarantees of or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any debt obligations of any other person (other than the Company are bound or any of its Subsidiaries), including the respective aggregate principal amounts outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Olin Corp), Merger Agreement (Citigroup Inc), Merger Agreement (Chase Industries Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement Section 3.7 of the Seller Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documentscomplete list, as of the date of this AgreementAgreement of all contracts, none agreements, commitments, arrangements and other instruments, in effect as of the date hereof, of the following types to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or bound or to which any of the Assets is subject (whether or not actually listed in Section 3.7 of the Seller Disclosure Letter, the “Material Contracts”): (i) any collective bargaining agreement with respect to its employees; (ii) any (A) of the following agreements with any current (or, to the extent there are on-going obligations, former) officer, employee, physician or other Health Care Provider, consultant or director of the Company or the Subsidiaries: employment agreement, change of control agreement, severance agreement, retention agreements or any other contract or agreement entered into outside of the ordinary course of business, or (B) Affiliate Agreement; (iii) any contract or agreement that (A) materially restricts the Company or a Subsidiary from engaging in any material line of business, developing, marketing or distributing products or services or obligates the Company or a Subsidiary not to compete with another Person or in any geographic area or during any period of time or that would otherwise materially limit the freedom of Parent or its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) from engaging in any material line of business after the Effective Time, (B) contains exclusivity obligations or restrictions binding on the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a or that would be binding on Parent or any of its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) after the Effective Time or (C) prohibits the Company or any of the Subsidiaries from hiring or soliciting for hire any group of employees (including customers’ employees); (iv) any material agreement that binds any party to or bound by any Material Contractexclusive business arrangements, except as set forth including arrangements in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any Subsidiary must use a provider or supplier exclusively (other than agreements that 42 were entered into in the ordinary course of its Subsidiaries is business with a party as manufacturer, distributor or reseller that require a particular manufacturer’s products to be purchased from such manufacturer or an authorized distributor or reseller); (v) any material agreement or series of related agreements, including any option agreement, providing for the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly, of any material business, capital stock or material assets or any material real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise); (vi) any agreement relating to any interest rate, foreign exchange, derivatives or hedging transaction; (vii) any agreement (including any “take-or-pay” or keepwell agreement) under which (A) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed any liabilities or obligations of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean Company or any of the following Subsidiaries or (B) the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly guaranteed, assumed or endorsed any liabilities or obligations of any other Person, in each case other than endorsements for the purpose of collection in the ordinary course of business; (viii) any (a) Licenses or (b) agreements governing the provision of any information technology related services (other than any Software or any other agreements described in Section 3.6(b)), by or to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent material to their respective businesses; (ix) any Leases; (x) all agreements that prohibit the payment of dividends or distributions in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, prohibit the pledging of the capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or prohibit the issuance of guarantees by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, in each case that will not be terminated at or prior to the Effective Time; (xi) any agreement that contains any material indemnification rights or obligations, or credit support relating to such indemnification rights or obligations, other than any of such indemnification rights or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (xii) any (A) agreement that is a settlement or similar agreement with any Governmental Authority, or (B) an Order or consent of a Governmental Authority to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or subject, involving 43 material performance by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to after the date of this Agreement; (iixiii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries has an obligation to make an investment in or loan to any remaining liability as other Person, other than employee loans disclosed in Section 3.7(a)(xiii) of the date Seller Disclosure Letter; (xiv) any agreement or series of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement related agreements (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); purchase orders) (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (Bi) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Subsidiaries has purchased, licensed or sold, during calendar year 2012, or pursuant to which the Company will acquire or any ownership interest Subsidiary has agreed to or otherwise has an obligation to purchase, license or sell in any other Person calendar year 2013, goods, equipment, vehicles, machinery, hardware or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary personal property or services that involved or is expected to involve payment by or to the Company and the Subsidiaries in excess of the Company$3,000,000 during such period, or (Cii) that provides for minimum purchase requirements in excess of such amount over the remaining term of such agreement; (xv) any credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, note, bond, indenture, mortgage, security agreement, loan commitment or other contract or instrument relating to Indebtedness owed by or to the Company or a Subsidiary; (xvi) any contract that involves containing most favored nation pricing provisions or granting to any Person a right of first refusal, a right of first offer or an option to purchase, acquire, sell or dispose of any Assets (other than inventory in the ordinary course of business) valued at an amount in excess of $250,000; (xvii) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personother similar agreements or arrangements (including any agreement providing for joint research, development or marketing), but excluding the Organizational Documents of any of the Subsidiaries; (vixviii) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case operating leases involving annual payments in excess of $500,000, other than 100,000; (xix) any outstanding power of attorney empowering any Person to act on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (xx) any contract or agreement relating to any capital expenditure or leasehold improvement with remaining payments in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate that has (A) accounts receivable and payable commenced but is not yet completed or (B) that obligates the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to incur expenditures with respect to a project that is not yet commenced; (xxi) any settlement agreement for an amount in excess of $250,000 entered into within the past two (2) years; and (xxii) any other contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement that (x) was entered into outside of the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, business and (Cy) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Each Material Contracts that have expired Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or terminated by their termsone or more of the Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and to the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) other party thereto, on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryeffect, and to the knowledge none of the Company, binding upon any of the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except Subsidiaries or, to the extent enforceability may Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in default or breach in any material respect under (or is alleged to be limited by in default or breach in any material respect under) the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation terms of, or are not in default under has provided or received any notice of any intention to terminate, any such Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityand, nor to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that Company, no event or circumstance has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute an event of default thereunder or result in or give any Person a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually right of acceleration or in the aggregate have not resulted in early termination thereof (other than pursuant to Section 5.15 hereof). The Company has made available to Parent and Merger Sub a true and complete copy of a (x) each Material Contract (including all material modifications and amendments thereto and waivers thereunder) or resulted form of Material Contract and (y) all form contracts, agreements or instruments used in a and material liability for to the Companybusinesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Acquisition Agreement, Acquisition Agreement, Acquisition Agreement

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Section 3.16 of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Parent Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of lists all Material Contracts material agreements required to be disclosed under the Exchange Act or by the Securities Act to which the Company Parent or any of its DSH Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.including: (i) any “material contract” agreement (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10or group of related agreements) for the lease of Regulation S-K) required personal property from or to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementthird parties; (ii) any Contract that contains agreement establishing a partnership or joint venture; (Aiii) any covenant by agreement (or group of related agreements) under which it has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness (including capitalized lease obligations) or under which it has imposed (or may impose) a Security Interest on any of its assets, tangible or intangible; (iv) any agreement that purports to limit in any material respect the Company or any Subsidiary right of the Company not Parent to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” to compete with any person or similar provisions; (iii) operate in any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Companygeographical location; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership employment agreement with a third Personexecutive officers; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans agreement under which the consequences of a default or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating termination would reasonably be expected to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businesshave a DSH Material Adverse Effect; (vii) any Contract pursuant agreement which contains any provisions requiring the Parent or any of its DSH Subsidiaries to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or indemnify any other party thereto has material continuing obligations(excluding indemnities contained in agreements for the purchase, rights sale or interests relating to license of products entered into in the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary Ordinary Course of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreementsBusiness); (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases;and (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a wholeagreement, other than any such contracts entered into in as contemplated by this Agreement and the ordinary course Transaction Documents, relating to the sales of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property securities of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority DSH Subsidiaries to which the Parent or (y) director or officer of the Company or any such Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting is a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyparty. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, With respect to each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to agreement listed in the Parent SEC Reports: (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31agreement is legal, 2014 or valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect; (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Kthe agreement will continue to be legal, is valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect immediately prior to the Closing; and binding upon (iii) neither the Company or the applicable Company SubsidiaryParent nor any of its DSH Subsidiaries nor, and to the knowledge of the CompanyParent, binding upon the any other parties thereto party, is in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under under, any Material Contractsuch agreement, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityand no event has occurred, nor is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that Parent, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with notice or lapse of time or both otherwise, would constitute a breach or default thereunderby the Parent or any of its DSH Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyParent, any other party under such contract.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement, Asset Purchase Agreement (Ds Healthcare Group, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Ds Healthcare Group, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts as set forth in the SEC Reports filed as exhibits prior to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement or Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company or its nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “"material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KK promulgated by the SEC), (ii) non-competition agreement or any other agreement or obligation which purports to limit in any respect the manner in which, or the localities in which, all or any material portion of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, may be conducted, (iii) transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding with any affiliate of the Company or such Subsidiary that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, prior to (iv) voting or other agreement governing how any Shares shall be voted, (v) acquisition, merger, asset purchase or sale agreement, (vi) agreement which provides for, or relates to, the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant incurrence by the Company or any Subsidiary of indebtedness for borrowed money (including any interest rate or foreign currency swap, cap, collar, hedge or insurance agreements, or options or forwards on such agreements, or other similar agreements for the Company not to engage in any line purpose of business managing the interest rate or to compete foreign exchange risk associated with any Person in any line of businessits financing), or (Bvii) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant agreement which would prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (all contracts of the type described in clauses (i) through (vii) being referred to which herein as "Material Contracts"). Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company any (or, to the extent a Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultis a party, such Subsidiary) and is in each casefull force and effect, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to and the Company and its Subsidiarieseach Subsidiary have performed all obligations required to be performed by them to date under each Material Contract, taken except where such noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as a whole, and requires the consent set forth in Section 3.18 of the other party thereto upon a change in control of Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or nor any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research default or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a licenseknows of, or the development has received notice of, any violation or default under (excluding contracts with employeesnor, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon does there exist any condition which with the other parties thereto passage of time or the giving of notice or both would result in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium such a violation or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under under) any Material Contract, except for defaults which any such default or violation that, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, would not have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted Adverse Effect. (b) Except as disclosed in a material liability, nor the SEC Reports filed prior to the knowledge date of this Agreement or in Section 3.18 of the Disclosure Schedule or as provided for in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any oral or written (i) employment, severance, retention or termination agreements or consulting agreements not terminable on 30 days' or less notice, (ii) union or collective bargaining agreement, (iii) agreement with any executive officer or other key employee of the Company does or any condition exist that with notice of the Subsidiaries the benefits of which are contingent or lapse vest, or the terms of time or both would constitute a default thereunderwhich are materially altered, except for defaults which individually or in upon the aggregate have not resulted in termination occurrence of a Material Contract transaction involving the Company or resulted in a material liability for any of the CompanySubsidiaries of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) agreement with respect to any executive officer or other key employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee or (v) agreement or plan, including any stock option, stock appreciation right, restricted stock or stock purchase plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Shopko Stores Inc), Merger Agreement (Citigroup Inc), Merger Agreement (Pamida Holdings Corp/De/)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to set forth in ‎Section 4.9 of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement, none of neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or is bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the following Contracts (to the extent such Contracts are still in force): (i) any consulting or services Contract with any consultant (other than any Employment Agreement) that is not terminable by the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list upon 60 days' notice or less or that provides for an annual salary or other compensation in excess of all Material Contracts to or by which US$100,000; (ii) any Contract whereby the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as has assumed any obligation of, or duty to warrant, indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless or guaranty any obligation or liability of any other Person (including with respect to the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which infringement or misappropriation by the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries or such other Person of the Intellectual Property Rights of any Person other than the Company is a party or by which any assets of its Subsidiaries), other than any Contract entered into in connection with the sale, license or purchase of products or services in the ordinary course of business; (iii) any Contract containing any covenant limiting in any material respect the right of the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in or granting any line of businessexclusive rights (including any exclusive license or right to use any Intellectual Property Rights), or (B) “"most favored nation,” “exclusivity” " status or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” "most favored pricing" rights, or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultlimiting, in each caseany material respect, in payments by the Company Company's right to acquire assets, securities or services of any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)third parties; (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries of assets whose value, not in each case, is in excess the ordinary course of $500,000, (B) business or pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire its Subsidiaries has any ownership interest in any other Person corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business enterprise other than the Company's Subsidiaries, which imposes on the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries ongoing obligations (other than confidentiality obligations) that remain in effect as of the Company, or date hereof; (Cv) any contract that involves a joint venturematerial dealer, limited liability company distribution, sales representative, value added remarketer or partnership with a third Personreseller, sales consultant, sales promotion and marketing Contract, and other Contract for use or distribution of the Company Product; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any performance guarantees or letters of credit issued in each case in excess connection with the sale, license or purchase of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable products or services in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice; (Bvii) loans any Contract that contains any put, call or similar right pursuant to Subsidiaries of which the Company in the ordinary course or any of businessits Subsidiaries could be required to purchase or sell, and (C) extensions as applicable, any equity interests of credit to customers any Person or from suppliers in assets outside of the ordinary course of business; (viiviii) any material settlement agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has material ongoing obligations; (ix) any Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability, except as required by applicable Law, for the payment of any amount of Taxes of any other Person pursuant to an express obligation to indemnify that other Person with respect to such amounts, but excluding any such liability already taken into account by the Company and reflected in its calculation of the pricing of the project with respect to which the Company engaged such Person; (x) any Contract with a Governmental Authority excluding any Contracts for utilities provided by any such Governmental Authority or customer Contracts with foreign telecommunication companies owned, in whole or in part, by the local Governmental Authority; (xi) any Contract required to be disclosed in Section 4.16 and Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or any subsections thereof and with any Significant Customer or with any Significant Supplier; (xii) any Contract under which the Company or its Subsidiaries have continuing material obligations to jointly market any product, technology or service, or any Contract pursuant to which the CompanyCompany or its Subsidiaries have continuing material obligations to jointly develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, Subsidiary of in whole or in part, by the Company, Company or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product its Subsidiaries; (xiii) each lease for which personal property involving in each case payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged its Subsidiaries in research or development, excluding excess of US$50,000 annually (Aincluding capitalized leases) non-disclosure agreementsand each real property lease; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases;and (viiixiv) any other Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material pursuant to which the Company and its SubsidiariesSubsidiaries have aggregate remaining monetary obligations in excess of US$150,000 over the term thereofor that has a term of more than one year and that may not be terminated by the Company or its Subsidiary within 60 days without penalty, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts except for confidentiality or nondisclosure agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Each Contract required to be filed disclosed under this ‎Section 4.9 shall be referred to as an exhibit a "Company Contract". Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31's Knowledge any other party to, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑KContract, is validin material breach, in full force violation or default under, and effect neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice that it has materially breached, violated or defaulted under, any Company Contract which has not been cured. Each Company Contract is a legal, valid and binding upon obligation of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary that is a party thereto, enforceable against the Company and such Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company's Knowledge, binding upon the other parties thereto thereto, in accordance with its terms (except terms, subject to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect similar laws of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law applicability relating to or in equity)affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor has made available to the knowledge Parent true and complete copies of all Company Contracts that are in effect on the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse date of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companythis Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Tti Team Telecom International LTD), Merger Agreement (Tti Team Telecom International LTD)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as As of the date of this Agreement, none except as set forth in Section 4.11(a) of the Company or Parent Disclosure Letter, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.any: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Company SEC DocumentsSecurities Act), whether or not filed by Parent with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any employment or consulting Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary in each case with respect to which Parent has continuing obligations as of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete date hereof) with any Person in any line current or former (x) executive officer of businessParent, (y) member of Parent Board, or (Bz) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsParent Employee providing for an annual base salary in excess of $50,000; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person guaranty by Parent or any Subsidiary thereof, in each case that would be is material to the Company Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than (x) any such contracts guaranty by Parent or a Subsidiary thereof of any of the obligations of (A) Parent or another wholly owned Subsidiary thereof or (B) any Subsidiary (other than a wholly owned Subsidiary) of Parent that was entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent pursuant to or in connection with past practice; a customer Contract, or (ixy) any Contract that provides providing for the grant indemnification of a license, customers or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted Persons pursuant to third parties Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business by business; (iv) Contract that purports to limit in any material respect the Company right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or, at any time after the consummation of the Merger, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; ) (x) to engage in any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority line of business, or (y) director to compete with any Person or officer of the Company or operate in any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharesgeographical location; (xiv) any mortgageContract relating to the disposition or acquisition, pledgedirectly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company by Parent or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries after the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary date of the Company in excess this Agreement of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services assets with a fair market value in excess of $50,000; (vi) Contract that contains any provision that requires the purchase of all of Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ requirements for a given product or service from a given Third Party, which product or service is material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (vii) Contract that obligates Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis with any Third Party or upon consummation of the Merger will obligate Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis with any Third Party; (viii) Contracts relating to Indebtedness for borrowed money or any guarantee of any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money of a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent) or loans or other advances to any Person in excess of $500,000 50,000; (ix) Contracts where Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has received or expects to receive $50,000 or more in revenues pursuant to such agreements in the current fiscal year; (x) Contracts with respect to the receipt of any goods and services involving a payment of $50,000 or more per annum; (xi) Employee collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union; (xii) Joint venture, during alliance, partnership or limited liability company agreements or similar Contracts relating to the remaining term thereof formation, creation, operation, management or control of any joint venture, alliance, partnership or limited liability company that (A) is material to Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Subsidiaries; (B) is material to any investment in, or other commitment to, any Related Entity of Parent; or (C) would reasonably be expected to require Parent or its Subsidiaries to make expenditures in each case, based on excess of $50,000 or more in the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014)current fiscal year; (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which is not otherwise described in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or clauses (i)-(xii) above that is reasonably likely material to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; andor (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock Contracts material to the Company Parent’s or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries' Intellectual Property owned or prohibits the issuance used by Parent or any of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyits Subsidiaries. (b) Except for All Contracts to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by as of the date of this Agreement that are of the type described in clause (a) above are referred to herein as the “Parent Material Contracts that have expired Contracts.” Except, in each case, as has not, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or terminated by their termsin the aggregate, each a Parent Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to Adverse Effect, (i) all Parent Material Contracts are valid and binding on Parent and/or the Companyrelevant Subsidiary of Parent that is a party thereto and, to Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for Knowledge, each other party thereto, subject to the year ended December 31Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, all Parent Material Contracts are in full force and effect effect, (iii) Parent and binding upon each of its Subsidiaries has performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under Parent Material Contracts to which they are parties, (iv) to Parent’s Knowledge, each other party to a Parent Material Contract has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it under such Parent Material Contract and (v) no party to any Parent Material Contract has given Parent or any of its Subsidiaries written notice of its intention to cancel, terminate, change the Company scope of rights under or the applicable Company Subsidiaryfail to renew any Parent Material Contract and neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries, and nor, to the knowledge Parent’s Knowledge, any other party to any Parent Material Contract, has repudiated in writing any material provision thereof. Since January 1, 2013, neither Parent nor any of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation has Knowledge of, or are not in has received written notice of, any violation of or default under (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or default under or permit termination, modification or acceleration under) any Parent Material ContractContract or any other Contract to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective material properties or assets is bound, except for violations or defaults which that are not, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted aggregate, reasonably likely to result in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Parent Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Medytox Solutions, Inc.), Merger Agreement (CollabRx, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement Schedule 3.11 lists all agreements, contracts, licenses, instruments, leases, arrangements, understandings, obligations or commitments of the type described below that are currently in effect and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to which the Company SEC Documentsor any Subsidiary is party, other than any Employee Plan, as of the date hereof (collectively, the “Material Contracts”): (i) with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of this Agreementany joint venture, none strategic partnership or similar arrangement (other than the organizational documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party any Subsidiary); (ii) any contract that resulted in aggregate revenues during either of fiscal year 2013 or fiscal year 2014 of [REDACTED]* or can reasonably be expected to result in such amount of revenue during any subsequent fiscal year (based solely on the contract’s terms and the Business as currently conducted and without regard to any expected or bound by forecasted increase in revenues); (iii) any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contract which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which obligates the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to make future payments of [REDACTED]* and is not terminable by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary without penalty on thirty (30) days’ or less notice; (iv) relating to Indebtedness of the Company is a party or any Subsidiary, to the extent not relating to Indebtedness that has been, or will at or prior to Closing be, satisfied pursuant to Section 5.8; (v) relating to the acquisition or disposition (by which merger, sale of stock or otherwise) of any assets or capital stock or other equity interests of another Person entered into since the date of formation of the Company or any Subsidiary and through the date hereof; (vi) relating to the pending acquisition or disposition of any corporation, partnership or other business organization or division thereof or a material amount of stock or assets of any other Person or any real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise); (vii) under which the Company or any Subsidiary is, or may become, obligated to pay to any employee (A) any severance pay or (B) any bonus or other special compensation obligations which would become payable by reason of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (viii) involving any resolution or settlement of any actual or threatened litigation, arbitration, claim or other dispute involving the Company or one of the Subsidiaries and any other Person; (ix) any contract, other than a pipeline right-of-way or easement, that constitutes a lease of real or personal property used in the Business under which the Company or a Subsidiary is lessor or lessee, which lease cannot be terminated by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary without penalty on thirty (30) days’ or less notice and which involves an annual base rental of [REDACTED]*; or (x) any contract that constitutes a non-competition agreement, area of mutual interest agreement, or any other agreement that purports to restrict, limit, or prohibit the manner in which, or the locations in which, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of conducts the Company are bound Business, provided, however, that the term “Material Contract” shall not include service or work orders under master service agreements or similar documents that have been fulfilled as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether hereof and which have no surviving obligations or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control liabilities of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change Subsidiaries that are in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Companyaddition to, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venturedifferent from, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable obligations and payable liabilities set forth in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers applicable master service agreement or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than similar document governing any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, service or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companywork orders. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsas set forth in Schedule 3.11, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, Material Contracts are in full force and effect and binding upon in accordance with their respective terms; (ii) there are no material defaults under such Material Contracts by the Company or the applicable Company any Subsidiary; (iii) no event has occurred that, and to the knowledge with notice or lapse of the Companytime or both, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited would constitute a material default under any such Material Contract by the effect of applicable bankruptcyCompany or any Subsidiary; and (iv) to Sellers’ knowledge, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have there has not received any claim of occurred a material breach or violation of, or are not in default by any other Person under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist other event that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material breach or default thereunderby any other Person under any Material Contract. Sellers have made available to Purchaser a true and correct copy of each Material Contract, except for defaults which individually together with any amendments, supplements, schedules and addendums thereto. None of Sellers, the Company or in the aggregate have not resulted in Subsidiaries has received any notice of termination or cancellation of a any Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Rex Energy Corp), Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Rex Energy Corp)

Contracts. (ai) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, Reports or that have expired as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material ContractContract as of the date of this Agreement: (A) that would be required to be filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (B) that is a commitment, except as set forth arrangement or agreement to contribute capital or make additional investments in Section 4.12(aany other Person, other than any such commitment, arrangement or agreement (x) entered into in the ordinary course of business, (y) with respect to wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (z) pursuant to a Contract binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries previously made available to Parent or Merger Sub; (C) that contain covenants limiting in any material respect the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to operate in any business or geographic area (other than covenants limiting the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to open a store within a 10 miles (or less) radius of an existing store) that, following the Merger, would apply to Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries); (D) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act; (E) that relates to any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of stock or assets of another Person, other than in the ordinary course of business or purchases of inventory, supplies or materials, pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has “earn out” or other contingent or fixed payment obligations, in each case, that could result in payments in excess of $1 million; (F) that provides for indemnification by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Person, except for any such Contract that is entered into in the ordinary course of business; (G) that is a material Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries grants “most favored nation” status to a third party; (H) that is an exclusive license or other material Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries licenses from any third party any Intellectual Property material to the conduct of the business, with annual fees during fiscal year ended January 28, 2011 in excess of $2.5 million, other than off-the-shelf software licenses; (I) evidencing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $1 million other than Indebtedness in respect of capital leases and Intercompany Indebtedness; (J) that contains a complete and accurate list put, call or similar right pursuant to which the Company or any of all Material Contracts its Subsidiaries could be required to purchase or by sell, as applicable, any equity interests of any Person or assets that have a fair market value or purchase price of more than $5 million; (K) that contains any standstill or similar agreement pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed not to acquire assets or securities of another Person, except for any such Contract that is a confidentiality, non-disclosure or similar type of agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business; (L) that is a settlement, conciliation or similar agreement in existence as of the date hereof with any Governmental Entity or otherwise, in each case pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of obligated to pay consideration after the date of this Agreement. For all purposes Agreement in each case in excess of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean $2.5 million; or (M) other than with respect to any partnership that is wholly owned by the Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the following Company, any partnership, joint venture or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture in which the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company is owns more than a party 25% voting or by which any assets of the Company economic interest, or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. interest valued at more than $2.5 million without regard to percentage voting or economic interest (ieach Contract described in clauses (A) any “material contract” through (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10M) of Regulation S-K) required to be and each Contract filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, Reports prior to the date of this Agreement;Agreement is referred to herein as a “Company Material Contract”). (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary Each of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) Material Contracts is material to valid and binding on the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, taken as Subsidiaries that is a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating and, to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary Knowledge of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligationsand is in full force and effect, rights or interests relating subject to the researchBankruptcy and Equity Exception and except for any such failure to be valid and binding or to be in full force and effect that is not, developmentindividually or in the aggregate, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is no default under any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Material Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageSubsidiaries that is a party thereto or, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, binding upon the any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunderthereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is a party thereto or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, except for defaults which in each case as is not, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably likely to have not resulted in termination a Company Material Adverse Effect. Complete and correct copies of a each Company Material Contract have been made available to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement, except for any Contracts the terms of which prohibit its disclosure to any third party or resulted in a material liability for that have expired as of the Companydate of this Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Wolverine World Wide Inc /De/), Merger Agreement (Collective Brands, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.15(a) of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, none a true, correct and complete list of each of the following Contracts to which any Acquired Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the any Acquired Company or any of its Subsidiaries assets or businesses is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of subject or bound (and under this Agreementany amendments, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.supplements and modifications thereto): (i) any Contract that is a non-competition Contract or other Contract that (A) purports to limit in any material respect either the type of business in which any Acquired Company (or, after the Effective Time, any Parent Company) or any of its Affiliates may engage or the manner or geographic area in which any of them may so engage in any business, (B) would reasonably be expected to require the disposition of any material assets or type of business of any of the Acquired Companies (or, after the Effective Time, any Parent Company) or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, (C) is a Contract that grants most favored nation” or similar status that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material contract” impact on the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, following the Effective Time, would apply to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including any of the Acquired Companies, (D) contains any exclusivity, preferred status or similar provision that prohibits or limits in any material respect the right of any of the Acquired Companies (or, after the Effective Time, would prohibit or limit in any material respect the right of any of the Acquired Companies or the Parent Companies) to make, sell, market, advertise or distribute any products or services, use, transfer, license, distribute or enforce any of their respective Intellectual Property rights or otherwise conduct its business, (E) obligates any of the Acquired Companies to purchase or obtain a minimum or specified amount of any product or service from any Person for more than $500,000 in the aggregate on an annual basis or (F) involves the obligation or potential obligation of any of the Acquired Companies to make any earn-out or similar payments to any Person; (ii) (A) any indenture, loan or credit agreement, security agreement, guarantee, note, mortgage, letter of credit, reimbursement agreement or other Contract, in any such case relating to indebtedness of any Acquired Company having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 (except for such indebtedness between the Acquired Companies or guaranties by any Acquired Company of indebtedness of any other Acquired Company (not including guaranties by any Company Insurance Subsidiary or of indebtedness of any Company Insurance Subsidiary)) or (B) any guarantee by any Company Insurance Subsidiary of indebtedness or any other obligation of any other Acquired Company or other Affiliate of such Company Insurance Subsidiary; (iii) any Contract relating to any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole; (iv) any Contract under which any of the Acquired Companies made payments of more than $750,000 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 or reasonably expects to make payments of more than $750,000 during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 and, in either case, is not terminable by any Acquired Company upon notice of sixty (60) days or less without penalty; (v) any Contract under which any of the Acquired Companies received payments of more than $500,000 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 or reasonably expects to receive payments of more than $500,000 during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018; (vi) (A) any reinsurance treaty or agreement, including any retrocessional agreement, that is material to any Acquired Company pursuant to which any Acquired Company cedes or assumes business, (B) any such term is defined treaty or agreement or instrument that has been funded (in Item 601(b)(10whole or in part) by third party capital or (C) any trust agreement, security agreement or other form of collateral agreement entered into in connection with any Contract covered by the immediately foregoing clauses (A) or (B) (collectively, the “Company Reinsurance Agreements”); (vii) (A) any Contract with any Company Agent that, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, produced insurance policies or contracts issued by an Company Insurance Subsidiary which resulted in greater than five percent (5%) of Regulation S-Kthe Company Insurance Subsidiaries’ gross written premiums for the year ended December 31, 2017 or (B) required any Contract with any Company Agent that is a managing general agency contract or a managing general underwriting contract under applicable Law; (viii) any Contract that provides for any standstill or similar restriction pursuant to be filed which any Acquired Company has agreed to restrictions on the acquisition of assets or securities of another Person or to which another Person has agreed to restrictions on the acquisition of assets or securities of any Acquired Company; (ix) any employment Contract that requires aggregate payments with respect to annual salary and target bonus in excess of $350,000 on an annual basis or is not terminable without cause by any of the Acquired Companies by notice of not more than sixty (60) days or without any termination payment or penalty, or any severance, retention, change in control or similar Contract; (x) any Contract that grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, rights of first negotiation or other similar rights to any Person with respect to any material asset, property or business of the Acquired Companies, taken as an exhibit a whole; (xi) any Contract that relates to the Company SEC Documentsacquisition or disposition of any business, capital stock or assets (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or not filed otherwise) for aggregate consideration in excess of $3,000,000 under which any of the Acquired Companies has any outstanding earn out, deferred payment, indemnification or contingent obligations, other than this Agreement and any Contract to purchase or sell goods or services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (xii) any Contract that requires the SEC, prior Acquired Companies to make any capital commitments or capital expenditures in excess of $1,000,000 during any twelve (12) month period following the date of this Agreement; (iixiii) any Contract that contains is a settlement or similar Contract with any Governmental Entity or any other Person to which any of the Acquired Companies or any of its assets or properties is subject with material ongoing obligations of any of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole; (xiv) any Contract purporting to indemnify or hold harmless any director, officer or employee of any of the Acquired Companies (other than the Company Charter, the Company Regulations and the organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries); (xv) any Contract that is required to be disclosed by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (xvi) any lease, license, occupancy agreement, sublease, waiver, side letter or guaranty relating to any real property which any Acquired Company leases, uses or occupies or has the right to lease, use or occupy (collectively, the “Company Real Property Leases”); (xvii) any Contract pursuant to which any Intellectual Property right that is material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, is licensed or sold to or by any Acquired Company, other than (A) license agreements for any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessnon-customized commercially available Software, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” Contracts between an Acquired Company, on the one hand, and an employee or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or consultant of an Acquired Company, on the other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resulthand, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership consistent with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, past practice and (C) extensions Contracts which contain non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses or sales of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the such Intellectual Property between an Acquired Company, Subsidiary on the one hand, and a supplier, vendor, agent or broker of the an Acquired Company, or any on the other party thereto has material continuing obligationshand, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ixxviii) any disaster recovery or data center Contract; (xix) any Contract entered into prior to the date hereof that is required to be filed by the Company in a future report to be filed or furnished to the SEC as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, excluding those compensatory plans described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, that has not been filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement; and (xx) any Contract that provides for would or would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or impair the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property consummation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Transactions. All Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit exhibits to (ithe Company SEC Documents have been so filed in a timely manner. Each Contract entered into prior to the date hereof that is required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10of Regulation S-K for under the year ended December 31Securities Act, 2014 excluding those compensatory plans described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and each Contract required to be listed in Section 3.15(a) or Section 3.18(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter is referred to herein as a “Material Company Contract.” (iib) any True, correct and complete copies (subject to apparent redactions) of all Material Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, Contracts have been made available to Parent in accordance with all applicable Laws. Each Material Company Contract is valid, in full force and effect valid and binding upon the on each Acquired Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryparty thereto and, and to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto and is in full force and effect, except in each case for such failures to be valid and binding upon or to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except aggregate, have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect, subject to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity)Enforceability Limitations. The Company and has not terminated, waived, amended, released or modified in any respect any provision of any standstill or similar agreement with respect to the Company Subsidiaries have to which it is currently or has, within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date hereof, been a party. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not received any claim of had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a material Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material ContractCompany Contract by any of the Acquired Companies party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company, any condition exist other party thereto and no event has occurred that with notice or the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a breach or default thereunderthereunder by any of the Acquired Companies party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Infinity Property & Casualty Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (KEMPER Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Schedule 4.14(a) lists the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material following Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement(each, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.”): (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit Contract relating to the Company SEC Documentslease of personal property to or from any Person that involved rental payment obligations in excess of $50,000 during the years ended December 31, whether 2017 or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement2018; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsReal Property Lease; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” Contract to purchase or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)sell real property; (iv) any Contract that except for (1A) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control purchase orders of the Company or (2) would require the Company its Subsidiaries issued or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into received in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicecommercially reasonable custom and practice associated with companies engaged in similarly situated businesses as the Business for the purchase or sale of supplies, products or goods and (B) Contracts with customers, suppliers or partners entered in the ordinary course of business consistent with commercially reasonable custom and practice associated with companies engaged in similarly situated businesses as the Business, any Contract for the purchase or sale of supplies, products, or goods, or for the furnishing or receipt of services, in each case that involved payment obligations in excess of $100,000 during any twelve (12)-month period; (v) any Contract that involves any partnership, strategic alliance, joint venture or sharing of profits by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person; (vi) any Contract under which the Company or its Subsidiaries has made, or that obligations the Company or its Subsidiaries to make, a loan or capital contribution to, or investment in, any Person other than advances to employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with commercially reasonable custom and practice associated with companies engaged in similarly situated businesses as the Business; (vii) any Contract relating to Indebtedness; (viii) any (A) License, (B) Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to pay royalties to any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property or (C) any restrictions or other limitations on the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights with respect to, or use or disclosure of, any Owned Intellectual Property; (ix) any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with any union or similar employee representative; (x) any Contract for the employment or engagement of any individual on a full-time, part-time or consulting basis, other than any such Contract that provides for the grant is terminable “at will” or that can be terminated without penalty, liability or premium upon notice of a license, ninety (90) days or the development less; (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractorsxi) any powers of any intellectual property attorney or similar grants of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business agency executed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xxii) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer not made in the ordinary course of business consistent with commercially reasonable custom and practice associated with companies engaged in similarly situated businesses as the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014);Business; and (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to obligating the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries: (A) to refrain from competing with any business, (B) to refrain from conducting business in any particular jurisdiction, (C) to refrain from conducting any business with certain parties, or (D) to provide “most favored nations” terms for the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess benefit of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyPerson. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired The Company has delivered or terminated by their termsmade available to Buyer a true, correct and complete copy of each Material Contract required Contract. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(b), with respect to be filed as an exhibit to each such Material Contract: (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding upon obligation of the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge Subsidiary of the CompanyCompany that is a party thereto, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions, subject to General Principles of Law, Equity and Public Policy; (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge ii) none of the Company does or any condition exist that of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default in any material respect under such Material Contract; and (iii) to the Knowledge of Seller Parties, no event has occurred or circumstance exists which, with notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute such a default thereunderbreach or default, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a permit termination, modification, or acceleration, under such Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Hawkeye Systems, Inc.), Stock Purchase Agreement (Hawkeye Systems, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits Schedule 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains, with respect to the Company SEC Documentseach Specified Business, Seller’s good faith estimate, as of the date hereof, of this Agreementthe number of Contracts (other than Programming Agreements, Franchises and Governmental Authorizations) to which Seller or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective Assets are party, bound or subject which are executory and are Related to such Specified Business. Such list represents Seller’s good faith estimate of the number of such Contracts in each of the categories set forth on Schedule 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, and indicates as to each category, the number of such Contracts that (i) were entered into prior to the Petition Date, (ii) were entered into following the Petition Date or (iii) Relate to any Specified Business and any other business of Seller or its Affiliates, including any part of the Friendco Business. (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) Contracts of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is Affiliates Related to a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean Specified Business contains any of the following to which the Company terms or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is provisions (each such term or provision, a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.“Special Term”): (i) consideration payable or receivable by Seller or any “material contract” (as such term is defined of its Affiliates in Item 601(b)(10) excess of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to $100,000 in any twelve month period or in excess of $1,000,000 over the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementremaining term; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by limitations on the Company freedom of Seller or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or its Affiliates to compete with any Person in any line of business, with any Person or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” in any geographic area, and which would limit the freedom of Buyer or similar provisionsany of its Affiliates to do so after the Closing Date if it were an Assigned Contract; (iii) any contract containing any so-called earn-outmost favored nationor other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company provisions or any Subsidiary similar provision requiring Seller or any of the Company its Affiliates to offer a third party terms or concessions at least as favorable as those offered to one or more other parties, or which would require Buyer or any of its Affiliates to do so after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)Closing Date if it were an Assigned Contract; (iv) any Contract terms that (1) is do not reflect in all material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change respects those that would be obtained in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Companyarm’s length negotiations; (v) any Contract (A) relating to exclusivity provision or provision that requires the disposition purchase of all or acquisition by the Company a given portion of a party’s requirements or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose valueother similar provision that would, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which bind Buyer or its Affiliates after the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third PersonClosing if it were an Assigned Contract; (vi) any mortgagesterms for the benefit of any members of the Rigas family (except terms for the general benefit of holders of Equity Securities in Seller or any of its Affiliates), indenturesSeller, guarantees, loans any Managed Cable Entity or credit agreements, security agreements any of its or other Contracts relating to their current or former Affiliates or associates (as defined in Rule 405 under the borrowing of money or extension of creditSecurities Act), in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in that would continue to benefit any such Person after the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businessClosing if it were an Assigned Contract; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests provision relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, use by third parties of any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged Transferred Assets to provide telephone, Internet or data services other than in research or development, excluding (AContracts with Subscribers of any such services and other than under the Contracts listed on Schedule 3.15(b)(vii) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases;Seller Disclosure Schedule; or (viii) with respect to any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee entered into following the entry of the Confirmation Order for the Plan or the JV Plan or the 363 Order, any provision that directly or indirectly restricts (or imposes a penalty or loss of benefit upon) the assignment or transfer of the rights or obligations of any other Person that would be material thereunder to the Company and its SubsidiariesBuyer, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;Friendco or their Affiliates. (ixc) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractorsSchedule 3.15(c) of any intellectual property the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list, as of the Company or any Subsidiary date hereof, of the Company all Contracts (other than non-exclusive licenses granted Equipment Leases and Programming Agreements) to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company which Seller or any of its Subsidiaries;Affiliates or any of their respective Assets are party, bound or subject that Relate to more than one Specified Business or to both a Specified Business and any part of the Friendco Business. (xd) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer Subject to the entry of the Company or any Subsidiary [Confirmation Order]Transaction Order (and/or the entry of an order prior to Closing pursuant to section 365 of the Company or any Affiliate of Bankruptcy Code authorizing the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageassumption, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesretention and/or assignment, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 Assigned Contracts), all Assigned Contracts will be, when assumed by Seller and assigned to Buyer hereunder and under the [Confirmation]Transaction Order (or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or such other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is validorder), in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties will be enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with its the express terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcythereof and any violation, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofevent of default, or are not in default under any Material Contractalleged violation, except for defaults which individually breach or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination event of a Material Contract default, or resulted in a material liabilityevent or condition that, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a violation, breach or event of default thereunder, thereunder on the part of Seller or any of its Affiliates existing prior to such assumption and assignment will be fully discharged and Buyer shall have no responsibility therefor except for defaults which any Assumed Cure Costs. To the Knowledge of Seller, no other party to any Contract of Seller or any of its Affiliates is in default, violation or breach of such Contract, and there are no disputes pending or threatened under any such Contract other than those defaults, violations, breaches and disputes that would not, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Material Adverse Effect. In the last five years, none of Seller or any of its Affiliates has made any material claim under any Contract or resulted in a material liability for pursuant to which any of the CompanyCable Systems were acquired.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Comcast Corp), Asset Purchase Agreement (Adelphia Communications Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.15(a) of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, none a true, correct and complete list of each of the following Contracts to which any Acquired Company is a party or to or by which any Acquired Company or any of its assets or businesses is subject or bound (and any amendments, supplements and modifications thereto): (i) any Contract that limits in any material respect either the type of business in which any Acquired Company (or, after the Effective Time, any Parent Company) or any of their respective Affiliates may engage or geographic area in which any of them may so engage in any business; (ii) any indenture, loan or credit agreement, security agreement, guarantee, note, mortgage, letter of credit, reimbursement agreement or other Contract, in any such case relating to indebtedness of any Acquired Company having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $5,000,000 (except for such indebtedness between the wholly owned Acquired Companies or guarantees by the Company or its Subsidiaries a Subsidiary of the indebtedness of any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company); (iii) any Contract relating to any material joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership or similar agreement (other than any such agreement solely between or among the wholly owned Acquired Companies) and any Contract relating to a Material Affiliate Transaction; (iv) any reinsurance treaty or agreement, including any retrocessional agreement, that is material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a party whole (collectively, the “Company Reinsurance Agreements”); (v) any Contract that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any business, capital stock or assets (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) for aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000 under which any of the Acquired Companies has any material outstanding earn out, deferred payment, indemnification or contingent payment obligations, other than this Agreement and any Contract to purchase or sell goods or services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (vi) any Contract pursuant to which (A) any Acquired Company licenses or otherwise grants rights in or to any Company Owned Intellectual Property that is material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole or (B) any Person licenses to any Acquired Company, or otherwise authorizes any Acquired Company to use, any Intellectual Property that is material to the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole (the “Company Intellectual Property Agreements”), in each case other than (x) license agreements for any non-customized commercially available Software, (y) Contracts between an Acquired Company, on the one hand, and an employee or consultant of an Acquired Company, on the other hand, entered into in the ordinary course of business and (z) Contracts which contain non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of such Intellectual Property between an Acquired Company, on the one hand, and a supplier, vendor, agent or broker of an Acquired Company, on the other hand, entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and (vii) any Contract not otherwise described in any other subsection of this Section 3.15(a) entered into prior to the date hereof that is required to be filed by the Company in a future report to be filed or furnished to the SEC as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, excluding those compensatory plans described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, that has not been filed as an exhibit to or bound incorporated by any Material Contract, except as set forth reference in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list SEC Documents filed prior to the date of all Material Contracts to this Agreement. (viii) any keepwell or by similar agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as has directly guaranteed any liabilities or obligations of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and another Person or under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean which another Person has directly guaranteed any of the following to which the Company liabilities or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case involving liabilities or obligations in excess of $10,000,000 (other than any contracts under which the Subsidiaries Company or a Subsidiary has guaranteed the liabilities or obligations of a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementCompany); (iiix) any Contract that contains prohibits the payment of dividends or distributions in respect of the shares or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, prohibits the pledging of the shares or capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of any guarantee by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (Ax) any covenant Contracts that involve or could reasonably be expected to involve aggregate payments or receipts by or to it and/or its Subsidiaries in excess of $20,000,000 in any twelve month period, other than (x) those terminable on less than ninety (90) days’ notice without payment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in of any line of business material penalty, (y) any Company Real Property Lease or to compete (z) any Contract with any Person in any line of businessfinancial advisors, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsother advisors in connection with the Transactions; (iiixi) any contract containing Contracts that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay, or materially impede the Company’s ability to consummate the Transactions; (xii) any “earnContracts that constitute collective bargaining agreements; (xiii) any Contracts that involve the provision of material third-out” party administration or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant policy or claims administration services with respect to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultinsurance contracts, in each case, in payments by or investment management services to the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries; (xiv) any Contracts that provide for the outsourcing of any material function or part of the business of the Company after the date or any of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract its Subsidiaries that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires necessary for the consent conduct of the other party thereto upon a change in control business of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as currently conducted, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicemanaging agency agreements or managing general underwriting agreements; (ixxv) any material Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract commitment with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000Insurance Regulator; and (xivxvi) any each Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock entered into prior to the date hereof that is required to be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act excluding those compensatory plans described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and each Contract required to be listed in Section 3.15(a) of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyDisclosure Letter is referred to herein as a “Material Company Contract. (b) Except for Each Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Company Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect valid and binding upon the on each Acquired Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryparty thereto and, and to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto and is in full force and effect, except in each case for such failures to be valid and binding upon or to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except aggregate, have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect, subject to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyEnforceability Limitations. Except as, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law individually or in equity). The the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material Material Adverse Effect, there is no breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material ContractCompany Contract by any of the Acquired Companies party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company, any other party thereto and no event or condition exist has occurred that with notice or the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a breach or default thereunderthereunder by any of the Acquired Companies party thereto or, except for defaults which to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto. Except as, individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, has not resulted in termination had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for its Subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under each Material Company Contract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (National General Holdings Corp.), Merger Agreement (Allstate Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.15(a) of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date hereof, a true, correct and complete list of this Agreement, none each of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material following Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.party: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K of the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement); (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness) and having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $500,000 in the Company not to engage in any line aggregate (collectively, “Instruments of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsIndebtedness”); (iii) any contract containing any “earnContract or obligation that (A) is a non-out” competition or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant exclusive dealing Contract or that otherwise purports to which limit or restrict the Company any Subsidiary ability of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, Parent and its Affiliates) to solicit customers or to conduct business in any market or geographic area or (B) grants or purports to grant any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right or (C) contains a “most favored nation” clause or other term providing preferential pricing or treatment to a third party, the termination or breach of which would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse impact on the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iv) any Contract providing for indemnification that could reasonably be expected to result in payments in excess of $500,000 by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than indemnity provisions in Contracts with customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (1v) is any joint venture or partnership Contract; (vi) any Contract providing for any payments that are conditioned, in whole or in part, on a change of control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) any collective bargaining agreement; (viii) any Contract material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires providing for the consent outsourcing, contract manufacturing, testing, assembly or fabrication (as applicable) of the other party thereto upon a change in control any products, technology or services of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (2ix) would require any Contract material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relating to the supply of any item used by the Company or a Subsidiary that is the sole source available to supply such item; (x) any Contract material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, granting the Company or any successor thereto of its Subsidiaries a license, or other right to make use, any material payment to another Person upon consummation Intellectual Property of a change in control of the Companyany third party (excluding commercially-available, off-the-shelf software); (vxi) any Contract entered into in the last five years providing for the acquisition or divestiture of a business; (Axii) relating any Contract with any Top Supplier or Top Customer; or (xiii) any other Contract not made in the Ordinary Course of Business that would reasonably be expected to materially delay or prevent the consummation of the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the Contracts described in clauses (i) through (xiii), together with the Real Property Leases, being referred to herein as “Material Contracts”). (b) True, correct and complete copies of each Material Contract have been made available to Parent. Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary knowledge of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has thereto, except for such failures to be valid and binding that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as would not, individually or any Subsidiary of in the Companyaggregate, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than there is no breach or default under any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Material Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageSubsidiaries party thereto or, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that, with the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to lapse of time or the extent enforceability may be limited giving of notice or both, would constitute a breach or default thereunder by the effect Company or any of applicable bankruptcyits Subsidiaries party thereto or, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company, any condition exist other party thereto. (c) There are no provisions in any Instrument of Indebtedness that with notice or lapse provide any restrictions on the repayment of time or both would constitute a default the outstanding Indebtedness thereunder, except for defaults which individually or that require that any financial payment (other than payment of outstanding principal and accrued interest) be made in the aggregate have not resulted event of the repayment of the outstanding Indebtedness thereunder prior to expiration. “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations (including all obligations in termination respect of a Material Contract principal, accrued interest, penalties, prepayment penalties, fees and premiums) of such Person (i) for borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or resulted in a material liability similar instruments, (iii) for the Companydeferred purchase price of property, goods or services (other than trade payables or accruals incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business), (iv) under capital leases (in accordance with GAAP), (v) in respect of letters of credit, (vi) under interest rate or currency swap or other derivative or hedging instruments and transactions (valued at the termination value thereof), (vii) secured by any Lien on property or assets owned by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (viii) under any sale and lease back transaction, Contract to repurchase securities sold or other similar financing transaction and (ix) in the nature of guarantees of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (viii) above of any other Person.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (MKS Instruments Inc), Merger Agreement (Newport Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.18(a) of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company any agreement, lease, license, use or its Subsidiaries is a party to occupancy agreement, contract, note, mortgage, indenture, arrangement or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementother binding obligation (each, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following ”) to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of the Company is currently a party to or by which any assets of the Company it or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company them are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term otherwise currently bound, that is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be not filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents or that is not a Contract which is posted and available for review by Parent as of 12:00 p.m., Chicago time, on January 7, 2010, in the internet based data site maintained by the Company with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation and referred to commonly as the Krusher Data Site (the “Posted Data Room Documents, whether ”): (i) that would be required to be filed by the Company as an exhibit to any Company SEC Document pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or not filed with 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; Securities Act; (ii) pursuant to which the Company or any Contract that contains Company Subsidiary (A) licenses or otherwise obtains the right to use the Intellectual Property rights of any covenant other Person (other than licenses for readily available commercial software or licenses of Intellectual Property which are not material to the manufacture or sale by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any product of the Company not to engage in or any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessCompany Subsidiary), or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” is restricted in any material respect in its right to use any Company Intellectual Property where any such material restriction would reasonably be expected to result, individually or similar provisions; in the aggregate, in a Company Material Adverse Effect; (iii) that, since January 1, 2003, relates to the acquisition or disposition of any contract containing material business or material real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), not including any disposition which has been reflected in prior financial statements of the Company that have been filed as part of the Company SEC Documents; (iv) that relates to any acquisition of assets or of a business under which there is a future obligation on the part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary which would reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 under any such Contract, including by means of an earn-out” out or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant mechanism; (v) purporting to which restrict or prohibit the Company or any Company Subsidiary from engaging or competing in the manufacture, marketing, distribution or sale of any of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultproducts or services presently manufactured, in each casemarketed, in payments distributed or sold by the Company or any Company Subsidiaries; (vi) that relates to any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance or other similar arrangement (each a “JV”) in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partner, member or party, excepting any JV with respect to which the Company or the Company Subsidiary which is a partner, member or party thereof has no remaining capital contribution obligation, no unperformed obligation to extend credit, and with respect to which it has no personal liability respecting such JV’s indebtedness, liabilities and obligations; (vii) that evidences or is the primary document under which there arises Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than agreements with or among direct or indirect wholly owned Company Subsidiaries) in excess of $1,000,000; (viii) under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has advanced or loaned any other person the principal sum of more than $1,000,000, not including credit extended to customers in the ordinary course of business; (ix) that includes any guarantee by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any debt or obligations which are in excess of $500,000 (other than any guarantee by the Company of a Company Subsidiary’s debts or obligations or a guarantee by a Company Subsidiary of the Company’s debts or obligations or another Company after Subsidiary’s debts or obligations); (x) the date performance of which involves expenditures or receipts of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements Company or any Company Subsidiary in excess of $1,000,000 per year not entered into in the ordinary course of business); ; (ivxi) any Contract that (1) is material to provides for the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition production by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any product on an exclusive or requirements basis or the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which purchase by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person product on an exclusive or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of businessoutput basis, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties was not made in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; Company Subsidiary; (xxii) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary other employee of the Company or any Affiliate Company Subsidiary earning noncontingent cash compensation in excess of the Company $150,000 per year (including any employment, consulting, retention, severance, change in control, non-competition, termination or holder of 5% indemnification agreements); (xiii) that is a collective bargaining agreement or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust similar labor agreement with a labor union or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets labor organization with respect to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; Company Subsidiary; (xiixiv) any Contract that provides for payments by or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party with any Governmental Entity, excepting any such Contract made in the ordinary course of business and not to resolve any claimed liability for breach or violation of any law or regulation of governmental authority; (xv) that grants any party to the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, Contract or the delivery any other third party “most favored nation” pricing or terms under a Contract which may not be terminated on sixty (60) days or less notice by the Company or any the Company Subsidiary which is a party to such Contract; (xvi) the failure to obtain consent in respect of, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect and (xvii) that provides for termination, acceleration of payment or other special rights upon the occurrence of a change in control of the Company where such termination, acceleration of goods payment or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or other special right would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (each such Contract described in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or clauses (i) through (xvii), each Contract filed as an exhibit to the Company or any Subsidiary SEC Documents and each of the Posted Data Room Documents that meets the description of any of clauses (i) though (xvii) is referred to herein as a “Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyMaterial Contract”). (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsA true, correct and complete copy of each Company Material Contract required (and any amendments thereto) has been made available to Parent. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract except for such breaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted in or would not reasonably be filed as an exhibit expected to (i) result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) no other party to any Company SEC Document filed after Material Contract is in breach of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under the terms of any Company Material Contract except for such Form 10‑Kbreaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted in or would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect a valid and binding upon obligation of the Company or the applicable Company SubsidiarySubsidiary which is party thereto and, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the of each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in accordance with its terms full force and effect, except that (except to the extent enforceability i) such enforcement may be limited by the effect of subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and the effect (ii) equitable remedies of general principles specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge discretion of the Company does court before which any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyproceeding therefor may be brought.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Rights Agreement (K Tron International Inc), Merger Agreement (K Tron International Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Filed Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains Letter sets forth a correct and complete list, and accurate list the Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies, of all Material Contracts (including all material amendments, modifications, extensions or renewals with respect thereto, but excluding all names, terms and conditions that have been redacted in compliance with the terms of each such Contract or with applicable Legal Requirements governing the sharing of information) to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries Company Subsidiary is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementAgreement (collectively, a the Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.Contracts”): (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to any report of the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with pursuant to the Exchange Act of the type described in Item 601(b) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) that contain a covenant restricting the ability of the Company or any Contract that contains Company Subsidiary to compete in any business or with any Person or in any geographic area; (iii) with any Affiliate of the Company; (iv) which primarily relates to (A) the granting to the Company or any covenant Company Subsidiary of any IP License in or to any Company Intellectual Property owned by a third party, with annual license fees of more than $50,000, or (B) the granting by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to a third party of any IP License in or to any Company Intellectual Property, with annual license fees of more than $25,000, excluding “click-wrap” or “shrink-wrap” agreements, agreements contained in or pertaining to “off-the-shelf” Software, or the terms of use or service for any web site; (v) relating to any material joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement involving co-investment, collaboration or partnering with a third party; (vi) with a Governmental Entity (other than ordinary course Contracts with Governmental Entities as a customer); (vii) pursuant to which any Indebtedness of the Company not to engage in or any line of business Company Subsidiary is outstanding or to compete with any Person in any line of business, may be incurred or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has guaranteed any Indebtedness of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by other Person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the and excluding Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business); (ivviii) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, any Company Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, clinical trial, distribution, supply, manufacture manufacture, marketing or marketing co-promotion of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product or product candidate for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding including manufacture or supply services or Contracts with contract research organizations for clinical trials-related services; and (ix) which are to any extent executory and relate to (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors the disposition or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations acquisition of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a wholeassets or properties, other than any such contracts entered into dispositions or acquisitions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; business, or (ixB) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust merger or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companybusiness combination transaction. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsEach Company Contract is valid and binding on the Company and each Company Subsidiary which is party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other party thereto, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect effect, and binding upon the Company or and each Company Subsidiary has performed all obligations required to be performed by it before the applicable date hereof under each Company SubsidiaryContract and, and to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, binding upon each other party to each Company Contract has performed all obligations required to be performed by it before the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether date hereof under such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which such failures to be in compliance as would not, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material liabilitybreach thereof. (c) The Company has not received or enjoyed any benefit, nor to inducement or incentive from any Governmental Entity which will, as a result of this Agreement or the knowledge Transactions or the sale of the Company does any condition exist that with notice Real Estate or lapse the cessation of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or the Company’s business operations in the aggregate have not resulted in geographic area where they are currently conducted or the termination of a Material Contract all or resulted substantially all Company employees, result in any clawback, recapture, recoupment, repayment obligation, penalty, Tax or other such liability. (d) The redacted provisions of the copy of the Merck Agreement which has been provided to Parent for review in such redacted form do not include any term which would result in a material liability for reduction of the Companybenefits provided by the Merck Agreement to the Company or Parent from the terms in the unredacted provisions of the Merck Agreement and described in the Summary of Merck Financial Related Information furnished to Parent on the date hereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Neurogen Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list Letter lists each Contract of all Material Contracts the following types to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Securities Act or disclosed by the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementon a Current Report on Form 6-K; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by that limits the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not Offer and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line of businessgeographic area, or (B) that restricts the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Offer and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) to use the Company Intellectual Property or to sell to or purchase from any Person or to hire any Person, (C) that contains any “most favored nation,” ”, exclusivityright of first offer”, “right of first access”, “right of first look” or similar provisions“right of first refusal” terms and conditions (including with respect to pricing) or otherwise contains any type of special discount rights granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (D) that contains any exclusivity obligations or restrictions or otherwise limits the freedom or right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to sell, distribute, license or manufacture any products or services or any technology or other assets to or for any other Person; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” Contract that prohibits the payment of dividends or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary distributions in respect of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries, the pledging of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in or any of its Subsidiaries or prohibits the ordinary course issuance of business any guaranty by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) each Contract for any joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance, collaboration, joint development, joint commercialization, material research or development project or similar arrangement, excluding, in each case, any material transfer agreements entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (v) any shareholders’, investor rights, registration rights, tax receivables or similar or related Contract or arrangement, or any Contract or arrangement relating to the exercise of any voting rights in respect of securities of the Company; (vi) any Contract relating to Indebtedness and having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $300,000; (vii) any Contract entered into since January 1, 2022 that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any material business, a material amount of stock or assets of any Person or any real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise); (viii) any Contract that by its terms calls for or otherwise may require royalties, milestone payments or similar payments, including upon the achievement of regulatory or commercial milestones, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under such Contract; (ix) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations, in each case that could result in payments in excess of $300,000; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of that obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries to make any capital commitment, loan or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharessimilar expenditure; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on Contract with any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the CompanyGovernmental Entity; (xii) any Contract with a Top Supplier or involved in the supply or manufacturing of any Product; (xiii) any Contract (1) that relates to the research, testing, clinical trial, development, commercialization, manufacture, marketing, importation, exportation, sale, distribution, supply or license of any Product, including Contracts with contract manufacturing organizations or contract research organizations, or (2) under which clinical, pre-clinical or non-clinical data relating to any Product is or may be generated, and in each case that is material to the Company’s business; (xiv) any Contract that requires a consent to or otherwise contains a provision relating to a “change in control,” or that would prevent, materially delay or impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (xv) each lease, sublease or other agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases or licenses any real property (whether as lessor or lessee); (xvi) each Contract (1) relating to the employment of, or the performance of services by, any Service Provider reasonably expected to receive payments in excess of $250,000 per annum, (2) the terms of which obligate or may in the future obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination or similar payment to any current or former employee in excess of $250,000 per annum, (3) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be obligated to make any bonus or similar payment to any current or former employee or director in excess of $100,000, or (4) that provides for payments indemnification (or reimbursement or advancement of legal fees or expenses) of any current or former officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xvii) each Contract not otherwise disclosed pursuant to this ‎Section 2.16 requiring or otherwise involving the potential payment by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess its Subsidiaries of more than an aggregate of $500,000 300,000 per annum, or the delivery annum and that is not terminable without penalty by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based its Subsidiaries on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000less than 90 days’ notice; and (xivxviii) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging each IP Contract. Each contract of the capital stock type described in clauses ‎(i) through ‎(xviii) is referred to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyherein as a “Material Contract. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, Each Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect valid and binding upon on the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryand any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms terms; (except to ii) the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim each of a material breach or violation ofits Subsidiaries, or are not in default under any Material Contractand, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it under each Material Contract; and (iii) there is no default or breach under any Material Contract by the Company does or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderor breach on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto under any such Material Contract, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any notice of any such default, event or condition. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all written Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Transaction Agreement (Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc), Transaction Agreement (Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list Letter lists each of all Material the following types of Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.hereof: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or disclosed by Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by noncompetition or exclusive dealing agreements or other agreement or obligation that purports to materially limit or restrict in any respect the ability of Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Purchaser or any of their Subsidiaries, including Surviving Corporation) to engage compete in any line of business that is material to Company or to compete Purchaser or with any Person or in any line geographic area (other than as may be required by Law or any Governmental Entity) or which grants any right of businessfirst refusal, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” right of first offer or similar provisionsright; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultContract for, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary that contemplates, a possible merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset sale or sale of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into equity securities not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, with respect to it or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract which relates to a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset sale or sale of equity securities and which contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent obligations) that are still in effect; (ixiv) any Contract that provides for relating to the grant borrowing of money by it or any its Subsidiaries or the guarantee by it or any of its Subsidiaries of any such obligation of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company third party (other than nondeposit liabilities and FHLB borrowings, Contracts pertaining to fully-exclusive licenses granted secured repurchase agreements and Contracts relating to third parties endorsements for payment, guarantees and letters of credit made in the ordinary course of business by the Company consistent with past practice), including any sale and leaseback transactions, capitalized leases and other similar financing transactions; (v) any Contract that involves expenditures or receipts of it or any of its SubsidiariesSubsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 per year (other than pursuant to Loans (as defined in Section 3.25) originated or purchased by Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (xvi) any Contract (other than a Company Plan) with respect to the employment or compensation of any (x) Governmental Authority officers or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharesdirectors; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xiivii) any Contract containing a “most favored nation” clause or other similar term providing preferential pricing or treatment to a party (other than Company or its Subsidiaries) that provides for payments by or is material to the Company or its Subsidiaries; and (viii) any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumContract relating to a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, or relating to the delivery by the Company formation, creation or operation, management or control of any Subsidiary of the Company of goods partnership or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annumjoint venture, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based with any third parties, or any Contract which limits payments of dividends. Each Contract of the type described in clauses (i) through (ix) is referred to herein as a “Company Material Contract.” (b) (i) Each Company Material Contract is valid and binding on Company and any of its Subsidiaries to the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesextent such Subsidiary is a party thereto, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or and to the Company or any Subsidiary knowledge of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other party thereto, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms (terms, except to the extent that validity and enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium moratorium, reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of or by general principles of equityequity or by principles of public policy and except where the failure to be valid, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered binding, enforceable and in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company full force and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofeffect, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, has not resulted in termination of had a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) there is no default under any Company Material Contract by Company or resulted in a material liabilityany of its Subsidiaries or, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderon the part of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Company, any other party thereto under any such Company Material Contract, nor has Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any written notice of any such default, event or condition, or of any termination or non-renewal of any Company Material Contract, except for defaults which where any such default, event or condition, or any such termination or non-renewal, individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, has not resulted in termination had a Company Material Adverse Effect. Company has made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of a all Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContracts, including any amendments thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Hancock Holding Co), Merger Agreement (Whitney Holding Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits With respect to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material every Contract, except as set forth purchase orders and invoices and any third-party or intercompany agreements related to Overhead and Shared Services, that (i) relates to a Material Customer or a Material Vendor, (ii) is a Contract other than a Contract described in Section 4.12(aclause (i) above and that in the most recent fiscal year of Seller resulted in, or is required by its terms in the Company Disclosure Schedule future to result in, the payment or receipt by the Business of more than $500,000 per annum in the aggregate, (iii) restricts the Business from engaging in any business activity or in any geographic area or granting any exclusive distribution or other exclusive rights, (iv) relates to settlement, conciliation and other similar agreements relating to actual or threatened Actions, the performance of which contains a complete and accurate list will involve payment on or after the Closing Date of all Material Contracts consideration in excess of $200,000 or will, on or after the Closing Date impose (or continue to impose) any injunctive or similar equitable relief on the Business or the Transferred Assets, (v) grants to or by which the Company from Seller or any of its Subsidiaries any license or right to use any Transferred Intellectual Property that is a party as material to the conduct of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementBusiness, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements any such license entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2vi) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is requires capital expenditures in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary 250,000 and is not fully performed as of the Company will acquire any ownership interest date of this Agreement (the Contracts described in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or clauses (Ci) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; through (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating and in existence on the date hereof are collectively referred to as the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business“Material Contracts”), (Bx) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company Seller and its SubsidiariesSubsidiaries have performed their obligations under each Material Contract in all material respects and are not in material breach or default thereunder, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ixy) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries; (x) Subsidiaries has waived any Contract with of its material rights under any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company Material Contracts or modified any Subsidiary of the Company material terms thereof and (z) to the Knowledge of Seller, no other party to any Material Contract is in breach or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on default in any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyrespect thereunder. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31is legal, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Kvalid, is validbinding, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryenforceable, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent as enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or other Laws similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles relating to enforceability. (c) Section 3.13(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) each Material Customer, (ii) each Material Vendor, and (iii) each Material Contract, in each case designated by Business Component. To the Knowledge of Seller, since January 1, 2009 through the date hereof, (A) no Material Customer has ceased doing business with the Business or materially decreased the amount of business it does with the Business, and (B) neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Material Customer to the effect that (y) there has been any material problem with the service Seller or its Subsidiaries provide to any such Material Customer concerning the Business and (z) any such Material Customer will or intends to materially cease doing business with the Business or materially decrease the amount of general principles business it does with the Business, or terminate or fail to renew any Material Contract (but excluding any such Material Contract that was renewed following such notice); provided, that for the purposes of equityclause (B) of this Section 3.13(c), regardless written notice must be in the form of whether a letter or facsimile signed by an authorized representative of such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity)Material Customer. The Company and To the Company Knowledge of Seller, since January 1, 2009, neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries have not has received any claim written notice from any vendor set forth on Section 3.13(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule to the effect that such vendor will or intends to terminate or fail to renew any Material Contract; provided, that any such written notice must be in the form of a letter or facsimile signed by an authorized representative of such Material Customer. (d) Other than Overhead and Shared Services, there are no Contracts, or obligations or liabilities under any intercompany accounts payable to or among ICX and Seller or any Seller Subsidiary, and none of the Transferred Assets include Contracts between ICX and Seller or any Seller Subsidiary. (e) Since January 1, 2008, there has not occurred with respect to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇™ Inter-Carrier SMS (ICSMS) platform (i) any material operational disruption, (ii) any material delay in implementing any scheduled upgrading or maintenance activities, (iii) any material failure to comply with any performance standards or objectives set forth in any Material Customer Contract, or (iv) any failure to correct any material deficiency or condition of which Seller has Knowledge that would cause or result in any of the foregoing (collectively, a “Platform Failure”), which have resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in (1) the issuance of any credits by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries that, in the aggregate, exceed $125,000, (2) a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under of any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually Contract with a customer or in other third party or (3) the aggregate have not resulted in termination payment of a Material Contract or resulted in a any material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companypenalties.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Acquisition Agreement (Syniverse Technologies Inc), Acquisition Agreement (Verisign Inc/Ca)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Agreement, neither the Company SEC Documentsnor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any Contract required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act (a “Filed Company Contract”) that has not been so filed. (b) Section 3.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, none of a true and complete list, and the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party has made available to or bound by any Material Parent true and complete copies, of (i) each agreement, Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to understanding, or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following undertaking to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party that (A) restricts the ability of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries to compete in any business or with any Person in any geographical area in a manner that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) would, to the Knowledge of the Company, restrict in any material respect the ability of Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries to compete in any business or with any Person in any geographical area after the Effective Time, (C) requires the Company or any Company Subsidiary to conduct any business on a “most favored nations” basis with any third party in a manner that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (D) provides for “exclusivity” or by any similar requirement in favor of any third party in a manner that is material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (E) would require disclosure under Item 404 of SEC Regulation S-K, (ii) each loan and credit agreement, Contract, note, debenture, bond, indenture, mortgage, security agreement, pledge, or other similar agreement pursuant to which any assets material Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of is outstanding or may be incurred, other than any such agreement between or among the Company are bound as of and the date of this Agreement. wholly owned Company Subsidiaries, (iiii) any “material contract” each Company Lease, (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10iv) of Regulation S-K) required each partnership, joint venture or similar agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not Subsidiaries is a party relating to engage in the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any line of business partnership or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultjoint venture, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the (v) each Company or License Agreement, (2vi) would require each Contract under which the Company or any successor thereto Company Subsidiary provides an express covenant not to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation ▇▇▇ for infringement of a change in control of the Company; Patent Rights, and (vvii) any Contract (A) each agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries of any material business or any material amount of assets whose value(excluding dispositions or acquisitions which were consummated prior to the date of this Agreement and with respect to which there is no ongoing liability or obligation of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries). Each agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking of the type described in this Section 3.13(b) and each Filed Company Contract is referred to herein as a “Company Material Contract”. (c) Except for matters which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Company Material Contract (including, for purposes of this Section 3.13(c), any Contract entered into after the date of this Agreement that would have been a Company Material Contract if such Contract existed on the date of this Agreement) is a valid, binding and legally enforceable obligation of the Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, of the other parties thereto, except, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, as enforcement may be limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageBankruptcy and Equity Exception, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any each such Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon (iii) none of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is (with or the applicable without notice or lapse of time, or both) in breach or default under any such Company SubsidiaryMaterial Contract and, and to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, binding upon the no other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except party to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether any such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract is (with or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with without notice or lapse of time time, or both would constitute a both) in breach or default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Engility Holdings, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Science Applications International Corp)

Contracts. amend or otherwise modify (aor agree to do so), or violate the terms of, any of the Contracts set forth or described in the respective Disclosure Schedule; Capital Stock: declare, set aside, or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) Except in respect of any Capital Stock, or split, combine or reclassify any Capital Stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for this Agreement and shares of Capital Stock, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of Capital Stock (or options, warrants or other rights exercisable therefor); Issuances of Capital Stock: issue, grant, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, grant, delivery or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares of Capital Stock or any securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or Options to acquire, or other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue or purchase any such shares or other convertible securities, except for Contracts filed as exhibits issuances of Company Common Stock pursuant to the exercises of Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Options or Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth Warrants disclosed in Section 4.12(a2.3(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries conversion of the Company is a party or by which any assets Preferred Stock disclosed in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule; Amendments to Articles: cause or permit any amendments to such party's articles of the Subsidiaries incorporation or bylaws; Dispositions: sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the or encumber any Assets or Property, except for Assets or Property that are not Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract ; provided, that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than may enter into non-exclusive licenses granted of Company Intellectual Property with licensees (A) in the ordinary course of the Company's business consistent with past practice and (B) outside of the ordinary course of the 34 Company's business consistent with past practice with the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; Indebtedness: incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to third parties acquire any debt securities or guarantee any debt securities of others, enter into any "keep well" or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition, or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing other than in connection with the financing of ordinary course trade payables and capital equipment leases consistent with past practice; Loans: grant any loans to others or purchase debt securities of others or amend the terms of any outstanding loan agreement; Payment of Obligations: pay, discharge or satisfy any claim or Liability arising other than in the ordinary course of business, other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of Liabilities reflected or reserved against in such respective party's Financials or incurred since the date of the Current Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; Expenditures: make any expenditures or enter into any commitment or transaction exceeding $25,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate as to the Company and $2,500 individually or $5,000 in the aggregate as to the Parent; Insurance: reduce the amount of any insurance coverage provided by existing insurance policies; Employees: hire or terminate any Employees, or encourage any Company Employees to resign from the Company, other than Non-Continuing Employees; Severance Arrangements: grant or increase or modify in favor of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Employee any severance or termination pay to any Employee except payments made pursuant to standard written agreements or plans outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in the respective party's Disclosure Schedule; Employee Contracts: enter into or amend any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) officer, director or employee; Employee Plans: adopt or amend any Employee Plan, enter into any employment Contract, pay or agree to pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any director, officer or Employee, or increase the salaries, wage rates, or other compensation of its Employees except payments made pursuant to standard written agreements in place on the date hereof and disclosed in the respective party's Disclosure Schedule; Litigation: commence or settle any litigation (other than a lawsuit for breach of this Agreement); Taxes: make or change any material election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting method in respect of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement, settle or compromise any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the Company limitation period applicable to any claim or any Subsidiary assessment in respect of the Company Taxes; Acquisitions: acquire or any Affiliate of the Company agree to acquire by merging or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumconsolidating with, or the delivery by the Company purchasing any assets or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation securities of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets which are not in default under any Material Contractmaterial, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityaggregate, nor to the knowledge respective party's business; Revaluation: revalue any of its assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable; or Other: take or agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the Company does actions described in Section 4.1(a) through Section 4.1(u) above, or any condition exist other action that with notice would prevent the respective party from performing, or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereundercause the respective party not to perform, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyits covenants and agreements hereunder.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Celsius Holdings, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Celsius Holdings, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Section 4.14 of the date of this Agreement, none Purchaser Disclosure Letter lists each of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) following types of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.hereof: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by Purchaser as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or disclosed by Purchaser on a Current Report on Form 8-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by materially limits the Company ability of Purchaser or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Purchaser or any of their Subsidiaries, including Surviving Corporation) to engage compete in any material line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line geographic area (other than as may be required by Law or any Governmental Entity) or which grants any right of businessfirst refusal, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” right of first offer or similar provisionsright or that limits or purports to limit the ability of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Surviving Corporation) to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any assets or business; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultContract for, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary that contemplates, a possible merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset sale or sale of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into equity securities not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, with respect to it or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract which relates to a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset sale or sale of equity securities and which contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent obligations) that are still in effect; (ixiv) any Contract that provides for relating to the grant borrowing of money by it or any its Subsidiaries or the guarantee by it or any of its Subsidiaries of any such obligation of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company third party (other than nondeposit liabilities and FHLB borrowings, Contracts pertaining to fully-exclusive licenses granted secured repurchase agreements and Contracts relating to third parties endorsements for payment, guarantees and letters of credit made in the ordinary course of business by the Company or consistent with past practice), including any of its Subsidiaries;sale and leaseback transactions, capitalized leases and other similar financing transactions; and (xv) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgagerelating to a joint venture, pledgepartnership, security agreement, deed of trust limited liability company agreement or other contract granting a Lien on any material property similar agreement or assets of the Company arrangement, or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or relating to the Company formation, creation or operation, management or control of any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumpartnership or joint venture, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based with any third parties, or any Contract which limits payments of dividends. Each Contract of the type described in clauses (i) through (v) is referred to herein as a “Purchaser Material Contract.” (b) (i) Each Purchaser Material Contract is valid and binding on Purchaser and any of its Subsidiaries to the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesextent such Subsidiary is a party thereto, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or and to the Company or any Subsidiary knowledge of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsPurchaser, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other party thereto, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms (terms, except to the extent that validity and enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium moratorium, reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of or by general principles of equityequity or by principles of public policy and except where the failure to be valid, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered binding, enforceable and in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company full force and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofeffect, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, has not resulted in termination of had a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) there is no default under any Purchaser Material Contract by Purchaser or resulted in a material liabilityany of its Subsidiaries or, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Purchaser, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderon the part of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Purchaser, any other party thereto under any such Purchaser Material Contract, nor has Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries received any written notice of any such default, event or condition, or of any termination or non-renewal of any Purchaser Material Contract, except for defaults which where any such default, event or condition, or any such termination or non-renewal, individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, has not resulted in termination had a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect. Purchaser has made available to Company a true and complete copy of a any Purchaser Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for Contracts, including any amendments thereto, to the extent requested by Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Hancock Holding Co), Merger Agreement (Whitney Holding Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for As of the date of this Agreement and except for Contracts Agreement, neither Cedar nor any Cedar Subsidiary is a party to any Contract required to be filed by Cedar as exhibits a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Company SEC DocumentsSecurities Act (a “Filed Cedar Contract”) that has not been so filed. (b) Section 3.14 of the Cedar Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, none a true and complete list, and Cedar has made available to Pine true and complete copies, of (i) other than Cedar Permits imposing geographical limitations on operations, each agreement, Contract, understanding, or undertaking to which Cedar or any of the Company or its Cedar Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage restricts in any line material respect the ability of Cedar or its Affiliates to compete in any business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessgeographical area, (ii) each loan and credit agreement, Contract, note, debenture, bond, indenture, mortgage, security agreement, pledge, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” other similar agreement pursuant to which any material Indebtedness of Cedar or similar provisions; any of the Cedar Subsidiaries is outstanding or may be incurred, other than any such agreement between or among Cedar and the wholly owned Cedar Subsidiaries, (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” each partnership, joint venture or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking to which the Company Cedar or any Subsidiary of the Company has Cedar Subsidiaries is a party relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any remaining liability as partnership or joint venture or to the ownership of any equity interest in any entity or business enterprise other than the date of this Agreement that could resultCedar Subsidiaries, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is case material to Cedar and the Company and its Cedar Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent (iv) each indemnification, employment, consulting, or other material agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking with (x) any member of the Cedar Board or (y) any executive officer of Cedar, in each case, other party thereto upon a change in control than those Contracts filed as exhibits (including exhibits incorporated by reference) to any Filed Cedar SEC Documents or Contracts terminable by Cedar or any of the Company Cedar Subsidiaries on no more than 30 days’ notice without liability or (2) would require the Company financial obligation to Cedar or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; Cedar Subsidiaries, (v) any Contract (A) each agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company Cedar or any Subsidiary of the Company Cedar Subsidiaries, with obligations remaining to be performed or liabilities continuing after the date of this Agreement, of any material business or any material amount of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (Cvi) extensions each material hedge, collar, option, forward purchasing, swap, derivative, or similar agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking. Each agreement, understanding or undertaking of credit the type described in this Section 3.14(b) and each Filed Cedar Contract is referred to customers herein as a “Cedar Material Contract”. (c) Except for matters which, individually or from suppliers in the ordinary course aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Cedar Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that for purposes of business; this Section 3.14(c), effects resulting from or arising in connection with the matters set forth in clause (viiiv) of the definition of the term “Material Adverse Effect” shall not be excluded in determining whether a Cedar Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur), (i) each Cedar Material Contract (including, for purposes of this Section 3.14(c), any Contract pursuant to which entered into after the Companydate of this Agreement that would have been a Cedar Material Contract if such Contract existed on the date of this Agreement) is a valid, Subsidiary binding and legally enforceable obligation of Cedar or one of the CompanyCedar Subsidiaries, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligationsas the case may be, rights or interests relating and, to the researchKnowledge of Cedar, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or developmentother parties thereto, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Companyexcept, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability enforcement may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of by general principles of equity, regardless of whether (ii) each such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Cedar Material Contract is in full force and effect, and (iii) none of Cedar or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge any of the Company does any condition exist that Cedar Subsidiaries is (with or without notice or lapse of time time, or both would constitute a both) in breach or default under any such Cedar Material Contract and, to the Knowledge of Cedar, no other party to any such Cedar Material Contract is (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in breach or default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Embarq CORP), Merger Agreement (Centurytel Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as As of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries subsidiaries is a party to or is bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.by: (i) any employment or consulting Contract with any officer or director, or any Company employee or consultant (excluding offer letters for material contractat-will(as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementemployees); (ii) any Contract that contains or plan, including, without limitation, any stock option plan, stock appreciation right plan or stock purchase plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (Aiii) any Contract of indemnification or any guaranty other than any agreement of indemnification entered into in connection with the sale or license of Company Products in the ordinary course of business; (iv) any Contract containing any covenant by limiting in any respect the right of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not its subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in person or granting any line of business, exclusive distribution rights with respect to Company Products or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Companyservices; (v) any Contract (A) currently in force relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of its subsidiaries after the Company Interim Balance Sheet Date of a material amount of assets whose value, not in each case, is in excess the ordinary course of $500,000, (B) business or pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire its subsidiaries has any material ownership interest in any other Person corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person’s subsidiaries; (vi) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing or development Contract currently in force under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries have continuing material obligations to jointly market any product, technology or service, or any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries have continuing material obligations to jointly develop any Intellectual Property that will not be owned, in whole, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (vii) any Contract to provide source code to any third party for any product or technology that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (viii) any Contract currently in force to license any third party to manufacture or reproduce any Company product, service or technology or any agreement, contract or commitment currently in force to sell or distribute any Company products, service or technology except agreements with distributors or sales representative in the normal course of business cancelable without penalty upon notice of ninety (90) calendar days or less and substantially in the form previously provided to Parent; (ix) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (viix) any settlement agreement under which the Company has any ongoing obligations or receives ongoing benefits or rights; (xi) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for under which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding its subsidiaries (A) is committed to provide products or services at a later date at a fixed price (excluding non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to exclusive licenses granted by the Company to end users or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into Distributors in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for , which licenses allow the grant end user or Distributor to license additional seats or copies of software from the Company at a licenseper seat or per copy price set forth in the license agreement with the end user or Distributor), or the development (excluding contracts with employeesB) has provided products or services, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Companybut which have not yet been accepted thereunder; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary not otherwise disclosed in Section 2.18 of the Company in excess Schedule under which the consequences of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based default would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply other Contract or vendor Contract commitment that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary is of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract nature required to be filed by Company as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s an Annual Report on Form 10-K for under the year ended December 31, 2014 Exchange Act or disclosed on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act which has not been so filed or disclosed; or (iixiv) any Contract involving in excess of $50,000 being paid by or to the Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Kover the term thereof (excluding non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company to end users or Distributors in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, which licenses allow the end user or Distributor to license additional seats or copies of software from the Company at a per seat or per copy price set forth in the license agreement with the end user or Distributor). (b) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s Knowledge any other party to a Company Contract (as defined below), is validin breach, in full force violation or default under, and effect and binding upon neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received written notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the material terms or conditions of any of the Contracts or commitments to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound that are required to be disclosed in the applicable Company SubsidiarySchedule (any such Contract or commitment, and a “Company Contract”) in such a manner as would permit any other party to the knowledge of the Companycancel or terminate any such Company Contract, binding upon the or would permit any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except party to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium seek material damages or other Laws affecting remedies (for any or all of such breaches, violations or defaults, in the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equityaggregate). The Company has made available to Parent true and correct copies of any Contracts the Company Subsidiaries may have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyits top twenty customers and suppliers.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sybase Inc), Merger Agreement (Sybase Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.16 of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter lists each Contract of the following types to which, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets is bound: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or bound disclosed by the Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K; (ii) any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) Contract that limits the ability of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Merger and accurate list the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement, would limit the ability of all Material Contracts Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Company) to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area, or that restricts the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Company) to sell to or purchase from (subject to the provisions of the R&D Law and the terms of the IIA grants), or do business with, any Person, or to solicit or hire any Person, or that grants the other party or any third Person “most favored nation” status or any type of special discount rights; provided, solely in the case of Contracts limiting the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ ability to solicit Persons for employment, solely in a manner that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company, its Subsidiaries, Parent or its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Company); (iii) any Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability or other similar agreement or arrangement (other than with respect to any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company); (iv) any Contract relating to Indebtedness; (v) any Contract involving the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets or share capital or other equity interests for aggregate consideration (in one or a series of transactions) under such Contract of $250,000 or more (other than acquisitions or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (vi) each Contract that the Company reasonably expects will individually require aggregate expenditures by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in the twelve (12) month period immediately following the date of this Agreement of more than $250,000, and which by its terms does not terminate or is not terminable without penalty by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, upon thirty (30) days’ or less prior notice; (vii) each Contract involving payments of (A) at least $100,000 in any year with a distributor or (B) at least $250,000 in any year with any sales representative, broker, manufacturer’s representative, or advertising arrangement, in each case that by its express terms is not terminable by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company at will or by giving notice of thirty (30) days or less, without liability; (viii) each Contract that relates to the research, development, distribution, marketing, supply, license, collaboration, co-promotion or manufacturing of any product or component thereof requiring or otherwise involving the potential payment by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of more than (A) $250,000 in any fiscal year or (B) $500,000 in the aggregate; (ix) each material “single source” supply Contract pursuant to which goods or materials are supplied to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company from an exclusive source; (x) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing indemnification, guarantee, “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations, in each case that would reasonably be expected to result in payments in excess of $250,000; (xi) any Contract that is a license agreement, covenant not to ▇▇▇ agreement or co-existence agreement or similar agreement that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, licenses in Intellectual Property owned by a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which third party or licenses out Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of or agrees not to assert or enforce Intellectual Property owned by the Company or such Subsidiary, including any inbound agreement under which Intellectual Property that covers or is a party or by which incorporated in any assets products of the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services licensed to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Companyits Subsidiaries, and (C) leasesother than license agreements for software that is generally commercially available; (viiixii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of that imposes any “standstill” obligations on the obligations of any other Person that would be material Company with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than acquisition of securities of another Person; (xiii) any such contracts Contract not entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of , on the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or one hand, and any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or thereof other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or than any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; andor (xiv) any material Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging with any Governmental Entity. Each contract of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to type described in clauses (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or through (iixiv) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect referred to herein as a “Material Contract.” (i) Each Material Contract is valid and binding upon on the Company or and any of its Subsidiaries to the applicable Company Subsidiaryextent such Subsidiary is a party thereto, as applicable, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms (in each case, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium moratorium, reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of or by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The ; (ii) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim each of a material breach or violation ofits Subsidiaries, or are not in default under any Material Contractand, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under each Material Contract; and (iii) there is no default under any Material Contract by the Company does or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderon the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto under any such Material Contract, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any written notice of any such default, event or condition. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (UNITED THERAPEUTICS Corp), Merger Agreement (SteadyMed Ltd.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement Section 4.15(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, complete list as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any each of the following Contracts to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Parent Company is a party or by which any assets of the Parent Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are its assets or businesses is subject or bound as of the date of this Agreement.(and any amendments, supplements and modifications thereto): (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains is a non-competition Contract or other Contract that (A) purports to limit in any covenant by material respect either the type of business in which any Parent Company or any Subsidiary of its Affiliates, may engage or the Company not to manner or geographic area in which any of them may so engage in any business, (B) would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of any of the Parent Companies or to compete with any Person in any line of businesstheir respective Affiliates as a direct result of the consummation of the Transactions, or (BC) is a material Contract that grants “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; status that, following the Effective Time, would apply to any of the Acquired Companies; (iiiD) contains any contract containing “exclusivity,” preferred status or similar provision that prohibits or limits, in any material respect, the right of any of the Parent Companies to make, sell, market, advertise or distribute any products or services or use, transfer, license, distribute or enforce any of their respective material Parent Owned Intellectual Property rights; (E) obligates any of the Parent Companies to purchase or obtain a minimum or specified amount of any product or service from any Person for more than $2,000,000, in the aggregate; or (F) involves the obligation or potential obligation of any of the Parent Companies to make any “earn-out” or similar payments to any Person; (ii) any indenture, loan or credit agreement, security agreement, guarantee, note, mortgage, letter of credit, reimbursement agreement or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant Contract, in any such case relating to indebtedness or any other obligation of any Parent Company having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 (except for such indebtedness between the Parent Companies or guaranties by any Parent Company of indebtedness of any Parent Company); (iii) any Contract relating to any joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership material to the Parent Companies, taken as a whole; (iv) any Contract under which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as Parent Companies made payments of more than $2,000,000 during the date fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 or reasonably expects to make payments of this Agreement that could resultmore than $2,000,000 during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 and, in each either case, in payments (A) is not terminable by the any Parent Company upon notice of 30 days or less without penalty and (B) excluding agreements made with any exchange Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements members or participants entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) , the form of which is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Companypublicly available; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or under which any Subsidiary of the Company Parent Companies received payments of assets whose valuemore than $500,000 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 or reasonably expects to receive payments of more than $500,000 during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 and, in each either case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company excluding agreements made with any exchange Subsidiary members or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable participants entered into in the ordinary course of business, the form of which is publicly available; (vi) any Contract that provides for any standstill pursuant to which any Parent Company has agreed not to acquire assets or securities of another Person; (vii) any (A) employment Contract that (x) provides for an annual base salary in excess of $250,000 or (y) is not terminable without cause by any of the Parent Companies by notice of not more than sixty (60) days or without any termination payment or penalty or (B) loans any severance, retention, change in control or similar Contract; (viii) any Contract that grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, rights of first negotiation or other similar rights to Subsidiaries any Person with respect to any material asset of the Company in Parent Companies, taken as a whole; (ix) any Contract that relates to the ordinary course acquisition or disposition of any business, and capital stock or assets (Cwhether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) extensions for aggregate consideration in excess of credit $1,000,000, under which any of the Parent Companies has any outstanding contingent or other obligations, other than a Contract to customers purchase goods or from suppliers services in the ordinary course of business; (viix) any Contract pursuant that is a settlement or similar Contract with any Governmental Entity or any other Person to which the Company, Subsidiary any of the CompanyParent Companies, or any other party thereto has of its assets or properties, is subject with material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the ongoing obligations of any other Person that would be material to of the Company and its SubsidiariesParent Companies, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageContract with a federal Governmental Entity or any Contract that constitutes a subcontract executed with a prime contractor pursuant to any Contract with a federal Governmental Entity, pledgein each case, security agreementthat incorporates Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses as a term or condition of such Contract, deed and entails material ongoing obligations of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the CompanyParent Companies, taken as a whole; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by purporting to indemnify or to the Company hold harmless any director, officer or employee of any Subsidiary of the Company in excess Parent Companies (other than the Parent Charter, the Parent Bylaws and the organizational documents of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the CompanyParent’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014Subsidiaries); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable is required to be disclosed by Parent pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (xiv) any lease, sublease, waiver, side letter, guaranty or other Contract relating to any real property which any Parent Company uses or occupies or has the Company right to use or any Subsidiary of occupy, now or in the Company in fiscal year 2014 future with annual rental payments in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to (collectively, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and“Parent Real Property Leases”); (xivxv) any disaster recovery or data center Contract; (xvi) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock entered into prior to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts date hereof that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract is required to be filed by Parent in a future report to be filed or furnished to the SEC as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, excluding those compensatory plans described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, that has not been filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement; and (xvii) any Contract (other than those described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xvi)) that is material to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10business of the Parent Companies, taken as a whole. Each Contract entered into prior to the date hereof that is required to be filed by Parent as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, excluding those compensatory plans described in Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and each Contract required to be listed in Section 4.15(a) or Section 4.18(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, a “Parent Material Contract.” (b) True, correct and complete copies (subject to apparent redactions) of all Parent Material Contracts have been made available (or otherwise disclosed) to the Company in accordance with all applicable Laws. Each Parent Material Contract is valid and binding on each Parent Company party thereto and, to the knowledge of Parent as of the date hereof, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except in each case for the year ended December 31, 2014 such failures to be valid and binding or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, to be in full force and effect and binding upon that individually or in the Company aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent has not terminated, waived, amended, released or modified in any respect any provision of any standstill or similar agreement with respect to Parent to which it is currently or has, within the applicable Company Subsidiary12 months immediately preceding the date hereof, and been a party. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, there is no breach or default under any Parent Material Contract by any of the Parent Companies party thereto or, to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge Parent as of the Company does date hereof, any condition exist other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with notice or the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a breach or default thereunderthereunder by any of the Parent Companies party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyParent, any other party thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (CBOE Holdings, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Bats Global Markets, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.15 of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter lists, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none each of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) following types of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of their respective properties is bound (such Contracts required to be so listed, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.“Material Contracts”): (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as an exhibit to a registration statement on Form S-1 or an annual report on Form 10-K filed by the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementCompany; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by limits the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line of businessgeographic area, or that restricts the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries (Bor, following the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to sell to or purchase from any Person or to hire any Person, or that grants the other party or any third Person “most favored nation,“exclusivity” status or similar provisionsany type of analogous rights; (iii) any contract containing Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other similar arrangement; (iv) any Contract evidencing or relating to Indebtedness; (v) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquired, holds or disposed of any interest (whether in fee, a leasehold, a concessions or otherwise) in real property in Mexico, or any rights to explore, mine or otherwise extract minerals, ore, metals or other substances in Mexico, including any Contract relating to the San ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Project, any Surface Agreement and any Property Lease; (vi) any Contract involving the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly, of any Person or substantially all of the assets thereof; (vii) any Contract that by its terms provides for the aggregate payment or receipt by the Company and its Subsidiaries of more than $100,000 over the remaining term of such Contract; (viii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing indemnification, guarantee, “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company obligations; (ix) any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement Contract that could result, in each case, in payments by obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement its Subsidiaries to make any capital commitment or investment in, or loan to, any Person (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of businessCompany and its Subsidiaries); (ivx) any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any director or officer, or direct or indirect stockholder, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, excluding any Company Plan; (xi) any Contract with any Governmental Entity; (xii) any Contract that requires a notice or consent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or that otherwise contains a provision relating to “change of control” or “assignment by operation of law” or an analogous provision, or that would otherwise reasonably be expected to prevent, delay or impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and (1xiii) any Contract that is otherwise material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Keach other party thereto, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms (except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium moratorium, reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of or by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The ; (ii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and, to the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim Knowledge of a the Company, each other party thereto, has performed all material breach or violation of, or are not in obligations required to be performed by it under each Material Contract; and (iii) there is no material default under any Material ContractContract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company does Company, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a default thereunderconstitute, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for default on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, nor, as of the date hereof, has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any notice of any such material default, event or condition. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Material Contracts.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Paramount Gold & Silver Corp.), Merger Agreement (Coeur Mining, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to set forth in Section 3.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company SEC Documents, as nor any of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by, subject to or bound by otherwise has rights or benefits under any Material of the following Contracts (each such Contract, except as whether or not set forth in Section 4.12(asuch section of the Disclosure Schedule, a “Material Contract”): (i) Employment or consulting Contract, or any employee collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union or any employee of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the Business, except for routine non-solicitation, non-competition, confidentiality and accurate list professional service contracts entered into with employees (so long as such contracts do not contain severance provisions or impose other material obligations upon the Company or any of all Material its Subsidiaries); (ii) Contract not to compete or otherwise materially restricting the development, marketing, distribution or sale of any products or services by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the Business; (iii) Contract containing any “non-solicitation” or “no-hire” provision that restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its conduct of the Business in any material manner (excluding customer Contracts with “non-solicitation” or “no-hire” provisions entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business); (iv) Contract containing any provision that purports to apply to or by restrict the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from engaging in any line of business, either directly or through any other conduct of the Business, anywhere in the world; (v) Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); (vi) Lease, sublease or similar Contract with any Person under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is are a party as lessee or sublessee of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementor lessor or sublessor of, a “Material Contract” shall mean or uses or makes available for use to any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC DocumentsPerson, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessLeased Property, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations portion of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business premises otherwise occupied by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xvii) any Lease or similar Contract with any Person under which (xA) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries are a lessee of, or holds or uses, any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgagemachinery, pledgeequipment, security agreement, deed of trust vehicle or other contract granting a Lien on tangible personal property owned by any material property or assets of Person (other than any Contracts that individually do not involve the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments payment by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of more than $100,000 in any twelve-month period), or (B) the Company in excess or any of $500,000 per annumits Subsidiaries are a lessor or sublessor of, or the delivery makes available for use by any Person, any tangible personal property owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (other than any Contracts that individually do not involve the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable payment by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of more than $100,000 in any twelve-month period); (viii) Contract: (A) calling for performance over a period of more than one year (excluding customer Contracts which are terminable by the Company or its Subsidiaries without penalty upon 90 days or less notice); (B) with a customer requiring or otherwise involving payment to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $200,000 in fiscal year 2014 the twelve month period ending on the Closing Date or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, in excess of $500,000 any twelve month period ending after the Closing Date, or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable with any Person other than a customer requiring or otherwise involving payment by or on behalf of, or to the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of more than $100,000 in the twelve month period ending on the Closing Date or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, in any twelve month period ending after the Closing Date; (C) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have granted “most favored nation” pricing provisions or marketing rights relating to any products or territory; or (D) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have agreed to purchase or sell a minimum quantity of goods or services or has agreed to purchase or sell goods or services exclusively from a certain party; (ix) Contract for the disposition of any assets or business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than sales of inventory in fiscal year 2015 the Ordinary Course of Business) or any agreement for the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the assets or business of any other Person (other than any Contracts that do not have a purchase price of more than $150,000); (x) Contract for any joint venture or partnership; (xi) Contract granting a third party any license to any Company Intellectual Property, or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been granted by a third party any license to any Intellectual Property other than “off the shelf” or other standard widely commercially available software products, or any other license, option or other Contract relating in excess whole or in part to Company Intellectual Property or the Intellectual Property of any other Person; (xii) Contract (other than trade debt incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have borrowed any money from, or issued any note, bond, debenture or other evidence of, or otherwise creating any Indebtedness to, any Person (other than any Contracts that do not have a principal amount of more than $500,000150,000); (xiii) Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have directly or indirectly guaranteed Indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of any Person; (xiv) Contract (other than trade debt incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have, directly or indirectly, made any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or other investment in, any Person; (xv) Mortgage or other Lien upon any Leased Property, other than Permitted Liens; (xvi) Contract providing for indemnification of any Person by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding customer and vendor Contracts including indemnification provisions entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business); (xvii) Contract involving a research or development collaboration or similar arrangement; (xviii) Contract granting any third party a security interest in any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets; (xix) Contract giving any party the right to renegotiate or require a reduction in price or refund of payments previously made in connection with the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xx) Contract for acquisitions or dispositions (by merger, purchase or sale of assets or stock or otherwise) of any Person or business, as to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing material obligations or material rights; and (xivxxi) all Contracts with any Governmental Entity (and to the extent any such Contract that restricts or otherwise limits involves a small business “set aside”, the payment of dividends or other distributions same shall be noted on equity securities, prohibits the pledging Section 3.14(a)(xxi) of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyDisclosure Schedule). (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryeffect, and to the knowledge of the Companyis legal, valid, binding upon the other parties thereto and enforceable in accordance with its terms (terms, except to the extent enforceability as enforcement may be subject to or limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or and other Laws similar laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally generally. True and the effect complete copies of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a each Material Contract (and a written summary of the terms of any oral Material Contracts) have been delivered to Purchaser. Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) there is no default, violation or resulted in a material liabilitybreach, nor to has any event occurred which with the knowledge giving of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse the passage of time or both would constitute a default thereunderdefault, except for defaults violation or breach, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of, any Material Contract or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, by any other party thereto, and (ii) no event has occurred which individually with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to any right of notice, modification, acceleration, payment, cancellation or termination of or by another party under, or in any manner release any party thereto from any obligation under, any Material Contract. Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the aggregate have not resulted in termination Disclosure Schedule, no notice, waiver, consent or approval is required (or the lack of which would give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or entitle any party to accelerate, whether after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, any obligation under any Material Contract) under or relating to any Material Contract in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or resulted the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. Except as set forth on Section 3.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates (including the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) has received from any counterparties to any Material Contract: (i) any written notice (or to Seller’s Knowledge other notice) of any breach or default or any notice that any such party intends to terminate, cancel or not renew any Material Contract; (ii) any written claim (or to Seller’s Knowledge other claim) for damages or indemnification with respect to the products sold or performance of services pursuant to any Material Contract; or (iii) solely with respect to any of the Material Contracts listed under Section 3.14(a)(viii)(B), any written notice (or to Seller’s Knowledge other notice) that such party intends to substantially alter (including as a result of any material reduction in a the rate or amount of sales or purchases or material liability for increase in the Companyprices charged or paid, as the case may be) any such Material Contract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement, Stock Purchase Agreement (Kforce Inc)

Contracts. (ai) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.01(i) of the Company SEC Documents, Letter sets forth as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement a complete and correct list of each of the following Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiaries are bound: (A) any “material contract” (as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than those Contracts required to be publicly filed with the SEC in accordance with Item 601(b)(10)(iii) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC), taken as whole or any Contract that is of the type that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act; (B) any Contract that (1) materially limits the right or ability of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any affiliate of any of them to compete with any other person in any line of business or geographic region that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (or that following the Effective Time would materially limit the right or the ability of Parent or its affiliates (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) to engage in any line of business or compete in any geographic area), (2) prohibits the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from engaging in any business with any person or levying a material fine, charge or other payment for doing so, (3) obligates the Company or its Subsidiaries (or following the Effective Time, Parent or its Subsidiaries) to conduct business with any third party on a preferential or exclusive basis or which contains “most favored nation” rights or similar rights or (4) provides for a “sole source” or similar relationship or contains any provision that requires the purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ requirements from any third party, in the case of the foregoing clause (4), other than any such Contracts that are not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (C) any Contract granting to any person an option or bound by right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar preferential right to purchase, acquire, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of businesses or any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) material assets of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) any Contract relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $500,000 other than (1) accounts receivables and accurate list payables in the ordinary course of all Material Contracts business, (2) loans to wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business and (3) extensions of credit to customers in the ordinary course of business; (E) any Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as or bound providing for payments of the date royalties or revenue share payments to third parties with respect to any Intellectual Property in excess of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement$2,000,000 annually; (iiF) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company to or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire its Subsidiaries is a party or bound granting a third party any ownership interest in any other Person license, covenant-not-to-assert or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration right with respect to, any Company product for which or materially restricting the Company Company’s or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research its Subsidiaries’ use, registration, or developmentenforcement of, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the CompanyIntellectual Property, and (C) leasesother than licenses for F▇▇▇; (viiiG) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been granted any license, covenant-not-to-assert or other right with respect to Intellectual Property, other than licenses for generally commercially available off-the-shelf Software or F▇▇▇ (such licenses for F▇▇▇ including, for the avoidance of doubt, contribution agreements applicable to third-party contributions to any portions of the Company products licensed as F▇▇▇); (H) any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, profit sharing, stockholders agreement or limited liability company agreement (other than any such contracts entered into agreement solely between or among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries) that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (I) any Contract that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound that is with any Governmental Entity or is otherwise a Company Government Contract; (J) any Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound providing for the payment, increase or vesting of any material benefits or compensation in connection with the Merger (other than (1) Company Stock Plans and equity-based awards granted thereunder, (2) Benefit Plans and (3) Benefit Agreements); (K) any Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound providing for the acquisition or disposition of any assets (other than obligations set forth in the capital expenditure budget set forth on Section 4.01(a)(vii) of the Company Letter or acquisitions or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business) or business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) that contains indemnities or other contingent obligations (including “earnout” or other contingent payment obligations) outstanding as of the date of this Agreement that are material to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (L) any Contract that limits or restricts the ability of any of the Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries to make distributions or declare or pay dividends in respect of its capital stock or membership interests, as the case may be; (M) the primary relationship Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and each of the twenty (20) largest customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on the basis of annual recurring revenue reported by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2025 (each such customer, a “Major Customer,” and each such Contract, a “Major Customer Contract”)); (N) the ten (10) largest Contracts between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any suppliers of goods, services or personnel to the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on the basis of amounts expensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2025 (each such licensor or other supplier, a “Major Supplier,” and each such Contract, a “Major Supplier Contract”)); (O) any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any supplier of goods and services to the Company and its Subsidiaries for use in the Company’s products or services that involves expenses incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries to such supplier in excess of $2,000,000 per year (other than purchase orders); and (P) any Contract that is reasonably expected to result in the payment or receipt of more than $8,000,000 by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the Company’s current fiscal year or that obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain or guarantee capital levels of any entity. (Q) The Contracts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the type referred to in clauses (A) through (P) of this subsection (i) are collectively referred to in this Agreement as “Material Contracts.” The Company has, subject to applicable Law and redaction of competitively sensitive information or personally identifiable information, made available to Parent a complete and correct copy (in all material respects) of each of the Material Contracts as of the date of this Agreement (it being acknowledged by Parent and Sub that each Material Contract filed by the Company with the SEC in the Filed SEC Documents shall be deemed to have been made available to Parent and Sub), including all material amendments or waivers thereto. Except for matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (1) each Material Contract is in full force and effect (except for those Contracts that have expired in accordance with their terms) and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and, to the knowledge of the Company, of each other party thereto, enforceable against the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and, to the knowledge of the Company, against the other party or parties thereto, in each case, in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy Exceptions, (2) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) in breach or default thereunder, and has not knowingly waived or failed to enforce any rights or benefits thereunder (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; ), and, to the knowledge of the Company, no other party to any of the Material Contracts is (ixwith or without notice or lapse of time or both) in breach in any material respect or default thereunder, (3) to the knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, there has occurred no event giving (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) to others any right of termination, material amendment or cancelation of any Material Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractorsexcept as provided in Section 3.01(d)(iv) of any intellectual property the Company Letter, and (4) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances existing as of the date of this Agreement that would reasonably be expected to affect adversely the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries to perform its material obligations under any Material Contract. (ii) As of the Company date of this Agreement, none of the Major Customers or Major Suppliers has terminated, failed to renew or requested in writing any material amendment to any of its Major Customer Contracts or Major Supplier Contracts, or any of its existing relationships (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties amendments in the ordinary course of business by not adverse in any material respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries taken as a whole), with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Confluent, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Confluent, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as As of the date of this Agreementhereof, none neither the Company nor any of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. Contract (i) any that is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KS−K of the SEC) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of performed after the date of this Agreement that could result, has not been filed or incorporated by reference in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, (ii) that contains a non−compete or client or customer non−solicit requirement or other provision that materially restricts the conduct of, or the manner of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course conducting, any line of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is business material to the Company and its the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires or, to the consent Knowledge of Company, upon consummation of the other party thereto upon a change in control Merger could materially restrict the ability of Parent, the Company or (2) would require the Surviving Company or any successor thereto of their respective Subsidiaries to make engage in any material payment to another Person upon consummation line of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose valuebusiness and, in each case, that is in excess of $500,000material, (Biii) pursuant to which the that obligates Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire Subsidiaries to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis with any ownership interest in any other Person third party or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary upon consummation of the CompanyMerger will obligate Parent, the Surviving Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to conduct business with any third party on an exclusive or preferential basis, and in each case, that is material, (Civ) any contract that involves the absence of which would reasonably be likely to result in a joint ventureCompany Material Adverse Effect, limited liability company (v) would prohibit or partnership with a third Person; materially delay the consummation of the Merger or otherwise impair the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder, (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans requires or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating is reasonably likely to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than require either (Ax) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or annual payments from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material Third Parties to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into the Company Subsidiaries of at least $500,000 in the ordinary course aggregate or (y) annual payments from the Company and Company Subsidiaries to Third Parties of business consistent with past practice; at least $500,000 in the aggregate except, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (ixx) any Contract and (y), for Contracts that provides provide for the grant of a license, payments to attorney providers or the development payment of commissions, (excluding contracts with employeesvii) involves any directors, consultants and contractorsexecutive officers (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of any intellectual property or 5% shareholders of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company their Affiliates (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xCompany Subsidiary) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or immediate family members; or (yviii) director contains any covenant granting “most favored nation” status that, following the Merger, would apply to or officer of be affected by actions taken by Parent, the Company Surviving Corporation and/or their respective Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary of Affiliates. Each Contract described in the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting immediately preceding sentence being a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company”.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Pre Paid Legal Services Inc), Merger Agreement (Pre Paid Legal Services Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) 4.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list Letter lists each Contract of all Material Contracts the following types to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.is bound: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Securities Act or disclosed by the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementon a Current Report on Form 8-K; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by materially limits the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line of businessgeographic area, or that restricts the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries (Bor, following the consummation of the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to sell to or purchase from any Person or to hire any Person, or that grants the other party or any third Person “most favored nation,“exclusivity” status or similar provisionsany type of special discount rights; (iii) any contract containing Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a joint venture or partnership with another Person; (iv) any Contract relating to Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) any Contract involving the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets or capital stock or other equity interests for aggregate consideration (in one or a series of transactions) under such Contract of $1,000,000 or more (other than acquisitions or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (vi) any Contract that by its terms calls for aggregate payment or receipt by the Company and its Subsidiaries under such Contract of more than $1,000,000 over the remaining term of such Contract; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing guarantee, “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultobligations, in each case, case that could result in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)$1,000,000; (ivviii) any Contract that (1) is a license agreement, covenant not to ▇▇▇ agreement or co-existence agreement or similar agreement that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries is a party and licenses in Intellectual Property owned by a third party or licenses out Intellectual Property owned by the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise its Subsidiaries or agrees not to assert or enforce Intellectual Property owned by the Company or such Subsidiary, other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract license agreements for software that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personis generally commercially available; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (viiix) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which that obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding its Subsidiaries to make (A) non-disclosure agreements; any loan, or (B) agreements with contractors any capital commitment or vendors providing services to expenditure, except, in the Company or any Subsidiary case of the Companyclause (B), and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicepractice and in an aggregate amount not greater than $1,000,000; (ixx) any Contract that provides for requires a consent to or otherwise contains a provision relating to a “change of control” that would or would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or impair the grant consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (xi) any Contract with a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property top ten supplier of the Company based on aggregate amounts paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2015 or any Subsidiary a top ten customer of the Company based on revenue earned during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2015. Each contract of the type described in clauses (i) through (xi) is referred to herein as a “Material Contract.” (b) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, any other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties party thereto. Except as would not, individually or in the ordinary course of business aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no default under any Material Contract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageSubsidiaries party thereto or, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist no event has occurred that with notice or the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunderthereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Omron Corp /Fi), Merger Agreement (Adept Technology Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Part 2.11 of the Company SEC Documents, Disclosure Schedule contains a list as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement of each of the following Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiaries a Company Subsidiary is a party (each such Contract (x) required to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth be listed in Section 4.12(a) Part 2.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains or (y) that is required to be filed as a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KK under the Exchange Act) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Most Recent Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with 10-K under the SEC, Exchange Act prior to the date of this Agreement (other than any Company Plan), being referred to as a “Material Contract”): (a) each Contract that restricts in any material respect the ability of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them to (i) engage or compete in any geographic area or line of business, market or field, or to develop, sell, supply, manufacture, market, distribute, or support any material product or service, (ii) transact with any Person or (iii) solicit any client or customer (or that would so restrict Parent, any Parent Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them following the Closing); (b) each joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or similar agreement with a third party; (c) each material acquisition or divestiture Contract that contains any material indemnification obligations or any material “earnout” or other material contingent payment obligations that are outstanding obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement; (iid) each Contract (other than any Organizational Document) between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any director, officer or Affiliate (other than a wholly owned Company Subsidiary) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective “associates” or “immediate family” members (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act), on the other hand, including (but not limited to) any Contract that contains pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has an obligation to indemnify such director, officer, Affiliate or “associate” or “immediate family” member, but excluding any Company Plan; (Ae) any covenant each Contract evidencing indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary from a third party lender, and each Contract pursuant to which any such indebtedness for borrowed money is guaranteed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case in excess of $500,000; (f) each Contract expressly limiting or restricting the ability of the Company not or any Company Subsidiary (i) to engage make distributions or declare or pay dividends in respect of their capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests, as the case may be, (ii) to pledge their capital stock or other equity interests, (iii) to issue any line guaranty, (iv) to make loans to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (v) to grant Liens on the property of business the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (g) each Contract that obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to compete with make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person in excess of $500,000 individually, except for prepayment of Taxes for repatriated employees of the Company or any line Company Subsidiary; (h) each Contract that grants any right of businessfirst refusal, first notice, first negotiation or right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material assets, rights or properties of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (i) each Contract or series of related Contracts (excluding (i) purchase orders given or received in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) any Contract for sales of Company Products of up to $2,000,000 and (iii) Contracts between the Company and any wholly owned Company Subsidiary or among any wholly owned Company Subsidiaries) under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary (A) paid in excess of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, or is expected to pay in excess of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” received in excess of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, or similar provisionsis expected to receive in excess of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2021; (iiij) any contract each material “single source” supply Contract pursuant to which goods or materials are required to be supplied to the Company or a Company Subsidiary from a sole source; (k) each material Contract containing any “earn-outtake or pay,minimum commitments or similar provisions (other than bandwidth purchase Contracts with fixed term and pricing in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (l) each collective bargaining or other similar contingent payment obligations labor or works council agreement covering employees of the Company or a Company Subsidiary; (m) each lease involving real property pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is required to pay a monthly base rental in excess of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in $30,000; (n) each case, in payments by lease or rental Contract involving personal property (and not relating primarily to real property) pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is required to make rental payments in excess of the Company after the date of the this Agreement $30,000 per month (other than contingent payment arrangements excluding leases or rental Contracts for vehicles or office equipment entered into in the ordinary course of business); (ivo) each Contract relating to the acquisition, sale or disposition of any Contract business unit or product line of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and with any outstanding obligations that (1) is are material to the Company and its the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent as of the other party thereto upon a change in control date of the Company or this Agreement; (2p) would require each Contract (i) between the Company or any successor thereto to make Company Subsidiary and any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; Governmental Entity or (vii) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by between the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose valueSubsidiary, as a subcontractor and any prime contractor to any Governmental Entity (excluding, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicepractice with (i) national oil companies or any prime contractors thereof or (ii) government-owned telecommunications providers); (ixq) each material Contract with any Contract “most favored nation” provision or that provides for otherwise requires the grant of Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, following the Closing, would require Parent or any Parent Subsidiary) to conduct business with any Person on a licensepreferential or exclusive basis, or that includes a price protection or rebate provision in favor of the development counterparty to such Contract; (excluding contracts r) each settlement agreement, consent decree, commitment letter, or similar arrangement entered into with employees, consultants and contractorsa Governmental Entity that imposes material ongoing obligations or restrictions on the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (s) each settlement agreement (i) that requires the Company or any Company Subsidiary to pay more than $500,000 after the date of this Agreement or (ii) that imposes any intellectual property material restrictions on the business of the Company or any Subsidiary Company Subsidiary; (t) each Contract (excluding purchase, work or similar orders pursuant to master service or similar Contracts) with any Top Customer or Top Supplier of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of and its Subsidiaries; (xu) each Contract relating to the creation of a Lien (other than Company Permitted Encumbrances) with respect to any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority Authorization or (y) director or officer material asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; and (v) (i) each employment Contract or consulting Contract that (A) is not terminable at will or for convenience by the Company on thirty (30) days’ or less notice and (B) obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make payments or provide compensation in excess of $250,000 annually; and (ii) any Contract relating to any retention, change in control or transaction bonus or severance or other termination obligation to any current or former employee, individual, consultant, officer or director of the Company or any Affiliate of Company Subsidiary, in each case other than Company Equity Plans. There are no existing breaches or defaults on the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) under any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumMaterial Contract, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annumand, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon there are no existing breaches or defaults on the part of any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default Person under any Material Contract, in each case except for defaults which where, individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, such breaches or defaults would not resulted in termination of a Material Contract reasonably be expected to constitute or resulted result in a material liabilityCompany Material Adverse Effect. No event has occurred or not occurred through the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s action or inaction or, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company, through the action or inaction of any condition exist that third party, that, with notice or the lapse of time or both both, would constitute a breach of or default thereunderunder the terms of any Material Contract, in each case except for defaults which where, individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, such breaches or defaults would not resulted reasonably be expected to constitute or result in termination of a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Material Contract is valid, has not been terminated prior to the date of this Agreement, is enforceable against the Company or resulted the applicable Company Subsidiary that is a party to such Material Contract, and, to the knowledge of the Company, is enforceable against the other parties thereto, in each case subject to: (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’ rights generally; and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, and, in each case, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to constitute or result in a material liability for Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any outstanding dispute with a Top Customer or Top Supplier, other than disputes arising in the ordinary course of business that are not material to the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of each Material Contract in effect as of the date of this Agreement, together with all material amendments and supplements thereto in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Prior to the date of this Agreement, no Top Customer or Top Supplier to the Company or a Company Subsidiary has canceled, terminated or substantially curtailed its relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, given written notice to the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any intention to cancel, terminate or substantially curtail its relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to do any of the foregoing.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (RigNet, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Viasat Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains Letter sets forth a correct and complete list, and accurate list the Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies, of all Material Contracts (including all material amendments, modifications, extensions or renewals with respect thereto, but excluding all names, terms and conditions that have been redacted in compliance with the terms of each such Contract or with applicable Laws governing the sharing of information) to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementAgreement (collectively, a the Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.Contracts”): (i) that are required to be filed as an exhibit to any “material contract” (as such term is defined report of the Company filed pursuant to the Exchange Act of the type described in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K promulgated by the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) that contain a covenant restricting the ability of the Company or any Contract of its Subsidiaries (x) to compete in any business or with any Person or in any geographic area, (y) to sell to or purchase from any other Person or (z) to hire or solicit for employment any individuals or groups of individuals; (iii) that contains contain change-of-control provisions relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) with respect to the employment of any directors, executive officers or other senior officers of the Company; (v) with any Affiliate of the Company (other than any of its Subsidiaries and other than employment or compensation-related Contracts); (vi) which substantially relates to (A) the granting to the Company or any covenant of its Subsidiaries of any IP License in or to any material Company Intellectual Property owned by a third party, or (B) the granting by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of any IP License to a third party in or to any material Company Intellectual Property, in each of clause (A) and (B) above, excluding “click-wrap” or “shrink-wrap” agreements, agreements contained in or pertaining to “off-the-shelf” Software, or the terms of use or service for any web site; (vii) relating to any joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement involving co-investment with a third party; (viii) with a Governmental Authority (other than ordinary course Contracts with Governmental Authorities as a customer) which impose any material obligation or restriction on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ix) relating to any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company not to engage in or any line of business its Subsidiaries is outstanding or to compete with any Person in any line of business, may be incurred or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries has guaranteed any remaining liability as indebtedness for borrowed money of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by any other Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries and excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business) or that is a mortgage, security agreement, capital lease or similar agreements that creates a lien on any material asset of the Company after the date or any of the this Agreement its Subsidiaries, in each case involving annual payments of more than $75,000; (x) that is a service contract, equipment lease or arrangement (other than contingent payment arrangements purchase orders entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material with respect to the Company receipt of goods and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition services involving payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of more than $75,000 in the Company aggregate over the term of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personsuch contract; (vixi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary any of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, clinical trial, distribution, supply, manufacture manufacture, testing, design, marketing or marketing co-promotion of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company products or product for which the Company or any Subsidiary candidates of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract , including material manufacture or supply services or material Contracts with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;research organizations for clinical trials-related services; and (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or relating to the Company future disposition or acquisition of any Subsidiary material assets or properties, other than dispositions or acquisitions in the ordinary course of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companybusiness. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsEach Company Contract is valid and binding on the Company and each of its Subsidiaries which is party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other party thereto, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect effect, and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and each of its Subsidiaries has performed all obligations required to be performed by them prior to the knowledge date of this Agreement under each Company Contract and, to the Knowledge of the Company, binding upon the each other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except party to each Company Contract has performed all obligations required to be performed by it prior to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect date of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether this Agreement under such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which such failures to be in compliance by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or such other party as would not, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Galderma Laboratories, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Collagenex Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts as filed as exhibits to the Company SEC DocumentsDocuments filed prior to the date hereof, there is no Company Agreement which, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries (A) is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “"material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K of the SEC), prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; involves aggregate expenditures in excess of $2 million, (iiiC) involves annual expenditures in excess of $1 million in any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements twelve month period and was not entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (BD) pursuant to which the Company that contains "take or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services pay" provisions applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary of the CompanyCompany Subsidiary, and (CE) leases; (viii) that contains any Contract providing for indemnification non-compete or guarantee of the obligations of exclusivity provisions with respect to any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course line of business consistent or geographic area with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Company Subsidiary, or which restricts the conduct of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course any line of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; Company Subsidiary, or any geographic area in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary conducts business, (xF) any Contract with contains any (x) Governmental Authority term under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary licenses Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights from a third party (other than Ordinary Course Inbound Licenses), or (y) director term under which the Company or officer any Company Subsidiary licenses Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Rights to any third party (other than Ordinary Course Outbound Licenses), (G) that is a partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement, unless immaterial to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or (H) which would prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or any of the other Transactions. Each contract of the type described above in Section 3.13, whether or not set forth in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, is referred to herein as a "Company Material Agreement." Each Company Material Agreement is valid and binding on the Company and each Company Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the Company's knowledge, each other party thereto, as applicable, and in full force and effect (except that (x) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors' rights generally and (y) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought), and the Company and each Company Subsidiary has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under each Company Material Agreement and, to the Company's knowledge, each other party to each Company Material Agreement has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under such Company Material Agreement, except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company has knowledge of, or has received written notice of, any violation or default under (or any Affiliate condition which with the passage of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, time or the delivery by the Company giving of notice would cause such a violation of or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (iidefault under) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, Agreement except for violations or defaults which that would not have, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of aggregate, a Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Hewlett Packard Co), Merger Agreement (Opsware Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to set forth on Section 3.13 of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Schedule, there is no Company Agreement (a) any of the benefits to any party of which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits to any party of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the Transactions or (b) which, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K of the SEC), prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary involves aggregate expenditures in excess of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business$4.0 million, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary involves annual expenditures in excess of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements $2.0 million and was not entered into in the ordinary course of business); , (iv) any Contract that (1) is material contains “take or pay” provisions applicable to the Company and its SubsidiariesCompany, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) that contains any Contract (A) relating non-compete or exclusivity provisions with respect to the disposition any line of business or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant geographic area with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries upon consummation of the Company Transactions, Parent or its Subsidiaries, or which restricts the conduct of any line of business by the Company, or upon consummation of the Transactions, Parent or its Subsidiaries, or any geographic area in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary or upon consummation of the CompanyTransactions, Parent or its Subsidiaries conducts business, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations(vi) which would prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Offer, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company Merger or any Subsidiary of the other Transactions. Each contract of the type described above in Section 3.13, whether or not set forth in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services referred to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken herein as a whole, other than “Company Material Contract.” The Company Agreements that are set forth under any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property section of the Company Disclosure Schedule or any Subsidiary of should be so set forth therein are referred to herein as the “Company Scheduled Agreements.” Each Company Scheduled Agreement is valid and binding on the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted and, to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesknowledge, each other party thereto, as applicable, during and in full force and effect (except that (x) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’ rights generally and (y) the calendar year 2014remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought); , and the Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under each Company Scheduled Agreement and, to the Company’s knowledge, each other party to each Company Scheduled Agreement has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under such Company Scheduled Agreement, except in all cases as would not be reasonably expected to, result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not know of, and has not received notice of, any violation or default under (xiiior any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or default under) any customerCompany Scheduled Agreement except for violations or defaults that would not be reasonably expected to, clientresult in, supply individually or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to in the aggregate, a Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyMaterial Adverse Effect. (b) Except The Company has delivered or made available to Parent or provided to Parent for review, prior to the execution of this Agreement, true and complete copies of all of the Company Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract other Company Scheduled Agreements required to be disclosed in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, which are not filed as an exhibit exhibits to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company Documents and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not Material Contracts required to be disclosed in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge Section 3.13 of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse Disclosure Schedule filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents are true and complete copies of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companysuch contracts.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Cytyc Corp), Merger Agreement (Adeza Biomedical Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as As of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement and except as set forth in Section 2.18 of the Company or Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or is bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to following Contracts: (i) any written employment or by which consulting Contract; (ii) any Contract whereby the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as has assumed any obligation or duty to warrant, indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless, guaranty or otherwise assume or incur any obligation or liability of any other Person (including with respect to the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which infringement or misappropriation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or such other Person of the Subsidiaries Intellectual Property Rights of any Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), other than any Contract entered into in connection with the sale or license of Company Intellectual Property or services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (iii) except as set forth in Section 2.18(a)(iii) of the Company is a party or by which Disclosure Letter, any assets Contract containing any covenant limiting in any respect the right of the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in or granting any line of business, exclusive rights (including any exclusive license or (Bright to use any Intellectual Property Rights) or “most favored nation,“exclusivity” status or similar provisions; (iii) limiting the Company’s ability to acquire assets or securities of any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)third parties; (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries after the Company date of this Agreement of assets whose value, not in each case, is in excess the ordinary course of $500,000, (B) business or pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire its Subsidiaries has any ownership interest in any other Person corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or ’s Subsidiaries; (Cv) any contract that involves a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company venture or partnership with a third Personsimilar Contract; (vi) any joint marketing or development Contract; (vii) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or any Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acts as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, indemnitor or otherwise in respect of the obligation for borrowed money or other indebtedness of any Person (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries); (viii) any Contract that contains any put, call or similar right pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could be required to purchase or sell, as applicable, any equity interests of any Person or assets; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of material settlement agreement under which the Company has ongoing obligations; (x) any real property lease or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business lease for personal property involving payments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 annually (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharesincluding capitalized leases); (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed other Contract involving or reasonably anticipated to involve in excess of trust $200,000 being paid by or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of to the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries over the Companyterm thereof; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by involving or relating to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014);Grant; and (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor other Contract that involved consideration payable by or is otherwise material to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyand its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsNeither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, each Material nor to the Company’s Knowledge any other party to any Contract required to be filed disclosed in Section 2.11(b)(ii), 2.17 or 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter (or any Contract entered into after the date of this Agreement that would be required to be disclosed on Section 2.11(b)(ii), 2.17 or 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter if it were in existence as an exhibit to of the date hereof) (i) any such contract, a “Company Contract”), is in material breach, violation or default under, and neither the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice that it has materially breached, 2014 violated or (ii) defaulted under, any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑KContract. Each Company Contract is a legal, is valid, in full force and effect valid and binding upon obligation of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary that is a party thereto, enforceable against the Company and such Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company’s Knowledge, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except subject to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally Bankruptcy and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equityEquity Exception). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which such failures to be legal, valid and binding or to be enforceable as would not, individually or in the aggregate have with similar failures, would not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a reasonably be expected to be material liability, nor to the knowledge Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company has made available to the Parent true and correct copies of all Company Contracts in existence as of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse date of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companythis Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.), Merger Agreement (Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.)

Contracts. Schedule 3(v) sets forth a list (asorted by reference to the clauses of this subsection) Except for this Agreement of all contracts, agreements, arrangements, guarantees, licenses, leases and except for Contracts executory commitments, other than Benefit Plans and any contracts heretofore filed as exhibits an exhibit to the Company any SEC DocumentsDocument, that exist as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party hereof to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of or by which it is bound and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean which fall within any of the following categories (each a "Contract"): (a) Contracts not entered into in the ordinary course of the Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' respective businesses; (b) joint venture, partnership or franchising agreements, (c) Contracts containing covenants purporting to which limit the freedom of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business in any geographic area or to hire any individual or group of individuals, (d) Contracts which after the Subsidiaries consummation of any of the Transactions would have the effect of limiting the freedom of the Company is a party or by which any Subsidiary to compete in any line of business in any geographic area or to hire any individual or group of individuals, (e) Contracts relating to any outstanding commitment for capital expenditures in excess of $25,000, (f) indentures, mortgages, promissory notes, loan agreements or guarantees of borrowed money, letters of credit or other agreements or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money or providing for the creation of any charge, security interest, encumbrance or lien upon any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (g) License Agreements, (h) Contracts with respect to which a change in the Subsidiaries ownership (whether directly or indirectly) of the shares of Company Common Stock or the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company are bound as or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the date other Transactions may result in a violation of this Agreement. or default under, or give rise to a right of termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of benefits under, such Contract, (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in other agreement of a type required to be filed under Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K promulgated by the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, ; or (Bj) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; Contracts (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company including employment agreements and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (Bconsulting agreements) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary is required to employ or obtain services from any Person otherwise than on an "at-will" basis for any period of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other time. All Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority Subsidiaries is a party or (y) director or officer by which it is bound are valid and binding obligations of the Company or any its Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable) and, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, the valid and binding upon obligation of each other party thereto. Neither the other parties thereto in accordance with Company or its terms Subsidiary (except as applicable) nor, to the extent enforceability may be limited knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in violation of or in default in respect of, nor has there occurred an event or condition which with the passage of time or giving of notice (or both) would constitute a default by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium Company or its Subsidiary (as applicable) (or to its knowledge a default by any other Laws affecting party thereto) under or permit the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation termination of, or are not in default under any Material such Contract, except for defaults which such instances of default thereunder or terminations thereof that would not individually or in the aggregate have not resulted result in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityAdverse Effect. The Company has, nor prior to the knowledge date hereof, delivered or made available true, complete and correct copies of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in Contracts to the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyBuyers.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Market Central Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Goldstein William A)

Contracts. (ai) Except for this Agreement as disclosed in the Filed Company SEC Documents and except for Contracts filed as exhibits with respect to licenses and other agreements relating to intellectual property, which are the Company SEC Documentssubject of Section 4.01(p), as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of neither the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party as to, and none of the date their respective properties or other assets is subject to, any Contract that is of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) nature required to be filed as an exhibit to a report or filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in violation of or in default under (nor does there exist any condition which upon the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would cause such a violation of or default under) any Contract, to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or other assets is bound, except for violations or defaults that individually or in the aggregate have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date nor any of this Agreement; (ii) its Subsidiaries has entered into any Contract that contains (A) with any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary Affiliate of the Company not to engage that is in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability effect as of the date of this Agreement hereof other than Contracts that could result, are disclosed in each case, in payments by the Filed Company SEC Documents. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or otherwise bound by any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company agreement or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract covenant (A) relating restricting in any material respect the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ ability to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000compete, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest restricting in any other Person or other business enterprise respect the Company’s Affiliates’ ability to compete (other than any Subsidiary of the Company’s Subsidiaries), or (C) restricting in any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to respect the research, development, distribution, sale, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, marketing or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) manufacturing of any intellectual property products or services of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;, (D) restricting in any respect the research, development, distribution, sale, supply, license, marketing or manufacturing of products or services of any of the Company’s Affiliates (other than the Company’s Subsidiaries) or (E) containing a right of first refusal, right of first negotiation or right of first offer in favor of a party other than the Company or its Subsidiaries. (xii) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority Each Participant who has proprietary knowledge of or (y) director information relating to the material elements of the design, the manufacturing processes or officer the formulation of the products of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has executed and delivered to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company an agreement or agreements, substantially in the form(s) set forth in Section 4.01(i)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter restricting such person’s right to use and disclose confidential information of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyits Subsidiaries. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Mentor Corp /Mn/), Merger Agreement (Johnson & Johnson)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for The Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as listed on Section 3.11 of the date of this Agreement, none Disclosure Letter are all of the Contracts between either of the Acquired Companies and any third party, including amendments thereto (the “Acquired Company Contracts”). Except as set forth under Section 3.11 of the Disclosure Letter, there are no obligations due or its Subsidiaries owing by either of the Acquired Companies under such Acquired Company Contracts. Section 3.11 of the Disclosure Letter also sets forth any Contract under which any of the other SPR Companies currently derives revenues or derived revenue in 2006 (the “SPR Company Customer Contracts”) and any other Contract to which an SPR Company (other than an Acquired Company) is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyBusiness. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired Neither of the Acquired Companies is nor, with respect to any Employee Plans, Employee compensation arrangements or terminated by their termsemployment arrangements is any ERISA Affiliate, a party to any unwritten commitment, understanding, contract, covenant or agreement with any third party (including any Employee or former employee), including with respect to any matter related to the Business, assets or properties of the Acquired Companies, Acquired Company Intellectual Property, Acquired Company Contracts, Employee Plans, Employee compensation arrangements or employment arrangements. (c) Each Acquired Company Contract and each Material SPR Company Customer Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms. None of the Acquired Companies or any other SPR Company has breached, violated or defaulted under, nor received notice that it has or may have breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the applicable terms or conditions of any Acquired Company Subsidiary, and Contract or SPR Company Customer Contract to which it is a party. To the knowledge of the CompanySeller and the Acquired Companies, binding upon no third party obligated to the Acquired Companies or any other SPR Company pursuant to any Acquired Company Contract or any SPR Company Customer Contract has breached, violated or defaulted under any of the terms or conditions of any Acquired Company Contract or any SPR Company Customer Contract. The Acquired Companies have obtained, or will obtain prior to the Closing, all necessary consents, waivers or approvals of parties to any Acquired Company Contract in order for such Acquired Company Contract to remain in full force and effect without limitation, modification or alteration after the Closing. Following the Closing, the Acquired Companies and the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms SPR Companies will continue to be permitted to exercise all of their rights under the Acquired Company Contracts and each SPR Company Customer Contract (except without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the Acquired Companies would otherwise be required to pay pursuant to the extent enforceability may be limited terms of such Acquired Company Contracts or any SPR Company Customer Contract) had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the effect of applicable bankruptcyCollateral Agreements not occurred. There does not exist any agreement, reorganizationcontract, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting arrangement entered into by or on behalf of any SPR Company that alters the enforcement term of creditors’ rights generally an any Acquired Company Contract or any SPR Company Customer Contract. The Seller and the effect Acquired Companies do not have knowledge of general principles (i) any notice of equityintent, regardless negotiations, discussions or other indications of whether such enforceability interest on the part of the third parties to the Acquired Company Contracts or the SPR Company Customer Contracts to terminate, modify, amend, waive or alter any of the terms and conditions of the Acquired Company Contracts or the SPR Company Customer Contracts, or (ii) any change of control transactions or insolvency events pending with respect to the third parties to the Acquired Company Contracts or the SPR Company Customer Contracts. (d) The Seller and the Acquired Companies have provided Buyer true, accurate and complete copies of all Acquired Company Contracts, and there are no oral or written amendments, modifications, side letters, supplements or other arrangements or agreements in existence with respect to any Acquired Company Contract which have not been provided to Buyer. (e) To the knowledge of the Seller and the Acquired Companies, no audit or similar review or investigation has been or is considered in a proceeding at Law being conducted by any party to any Acquired Company Contract or in equity)SPR Company Customer Contract. The Company Seller and the Company Subsidiaries Acquired Companies have no knowledge of, and have not received any claim written notice or written request with respect to, any such audit, review or investigation, and the Seller and the Acquired Companies have no knowledge of a material breach any facts that are reasonably likely to lead to the commencement of any such audit, review or violation ofinvestigation. No party to any Acquired Company Contract or SPR Company Customer Contract (i) is renegotiating, or are not in default (ii) has requested a renegotiation of any amount paid or payable or other term or provision of any Acquired Company Contract or SPR Company Customer Contract. None of the SPR Companies have waived any of their rights under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Acquired Company Contract or resulted SPR Company Customer Contract. Performance by the Acquired Companies and the other SPR Companies of their respective obligations under the Acquired Company Contracts and the SPR Company Customer Contracts and the SPR Company Customer Contracts will not result in a material liability, nor any violation of or failure to the knowledge of the Company does comply with any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyLegal Requirement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains sets forth a complete and accurate list list, as of the date hereof, of all Material Contracts (except for any Insurance Contract, Reinsurance Contract, Benefit Plan, or the Apex LP Agreement) to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of to or bound that meets the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementfollowing criteria (each, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.”): (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementSecurities Act; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by containing covenants binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries that materially restricts the ability of the Company not or any of its Subsidiaries or any Person that controls, or is under common control with, the Company to engage or compete in any type or line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, geographic area (including through “non-competition” or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions); (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant agreement or arrangement that is material to which the Company any Subsidiary business of the Company has any remaining liability and its Subsidiaries, taken as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement a whole (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into excluding Investment Assets acquired in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1A) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control providing for Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having an outstanding or committed amount in excess of $1,000,000, other than any Indebtedness between or among any of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or (2B) would require that is a guarantee by the Company or any successor thereto to make of its Subsidiaries of the Indebtedness of any material payment to another Person upon consummation of person other than the Company or a change in control wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company; (v) any Contract expressly limiting or prohibiting the payment of dividends or distributions in respect of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, prohibiting the pledging of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or prohibiting the issuance of guarantees by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to applicable Law or Order); (vi) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) licenses any material Intellectual Property from any non-Affiliated Person, other than licenses for open source software or generally commercially available software or software-enabled services that are licensed pursuant to standard end-user terms, (B) licenses any material Intellectual Property to any non-Affiliated Person other than non-exclusive licenses granted to customers for the Company’s products and services in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or (C) is restricted in its right to assert, use or register any material Owned Intellectual Property, including any coexistence agreements, settlement agreements, covenants not to sue or similar agreements or arrangements; (vii) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition a direct or acquisition indirect acquisition, divestiture, merger or similar transaction by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose valueits Subsidiaries and which contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent obligations) that are still in each case, is in excess of $500,000, effect (other than this Agreement) or (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries will acquire any ownership material interest in any other Person person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leasesenterprise; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification that involves the settlement of any pending or guarantee threatened claim, action or proceeding that requires payment obligations after the date hereof in excess of $1,000,000, other than claims settled under Insurance Contracts in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and within applicable policy limits; (ix) any Contract (i) with an Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company) or (ii) that constitutes a Related Party Transaction pursuant to Section 4.17 and which remains in effect as of the date hereof; (x) any Contract that (A) grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer, or similar right with respect to any material assets, rights, or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis or that contains a “most favored nation” or similar covenant with any third party; (xi) any Contract that provides for any guaranty of liabilities or obligations of by the Company or any other Person Subsidiary thereof, in each case that would be is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in guaranty by the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of Company or a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) Subsidiary thereof of any intellectual property of the obligations of the Company or any another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;thereof; or (xii) any Contract or commitment with any Insurance Regulator or other Governmental Authority that provides for payments by or is material to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumand its Subsidiaries, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with taken as a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companywhole. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other party or terminated by their termsparties thereto, as of the date hereof, (i) each Material Contract required is a valid and binding obligation of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Knowledge of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for , each other party or parties thereto, in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect, subject to the year ended December 31Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, 2014 or (ii) the Company and any Company SEC Document filed after applicable Subsidiary is not and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party thereto is in default in the performance, observation or fulfillment of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in each Material Contract and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under any Material Contract, except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), where such Form 10‑K, is valid, failures to be valid and binding and in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiarydefaults would not, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be likely to have not resulted in termination of a Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Vericity, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Vericity, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except Section 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct list (except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC DocumentsAgreement), as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material each Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule arrangement, commitment or understanding to which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company Acquired Companies is a party or by to which any assets asset or property of the any Acquired Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.is bound: (i) any that is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K of the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementExchange Act); (ii) any Contract that contains pursuant to which (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary Acquired Companies collectively received revenues for the 2021 fiscal year in excess of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, $2,000,000 or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsthe Acquired Companies are collectively reasonably expected to receive revenues in excess of such $2,000,000 in the 2022 fiscal year; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” evidencing a commitment or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary requirement of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement Acquired Companies (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (ivcollectively) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another capital expenditure (or receive a loan from a third Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (vconnection therewith) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, 1,000,000 (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration except with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into equipment lease financing in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (ixiv) that is a non-competition or non-solicitation Contract or any other Contract that provides for the grant of a licenselimiting, restricting or prohibiting, or purporting to limit, restrict or prohibit the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) manner or ability of any intellectual property Acquired Company to compete or engage in any line or type of the Company business or to engage in any Subsidiary line or type of the Company (business or compete with any Person in any geographic area, other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties customer agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business by the Company business, so long as such customer agreements do not purport to and would not bind Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) following the consummation of the Transactions; (v) relating to or evidencing Indebtedness (whether outstanding or as may be incurred) of any of the Acquired Companies or any guarantee of Indebtedness by any of the Acquired Companies in excess of $2,000,000, other than any such Contract solely between or among the Company and any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries; (xvi) relating to or evidencing Indebtedness (whether outstanding or as may be incurred) of any Contract with Third Party to any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary Acquired Companies in excess of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares$1,000,000; (xivii) other than with respect to any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of Entity that is wholly owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, that is a partnership, joint venture, alliance, shareholder, or similar Contract (including but not limited to Contracts relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of the same, and Contracts pursuant to which an Acquired Company has an obligation (contingent or otherwise) to make an investment in or extension of credit to any Person); (viii) that is an agency, sales, marketing, commission, distribution, international or domestic sales representative or similar Contract; (ix) other than in respect of Indebtedness and Taxes, that creates future payment obligations by any of the Acquired Companies (including settlement agreements) outside the ordinary course of business and in excess of $3,000,000; (x) under which any Acquired Company has granted any Person registration rights (including demand and piggy-back registration rights); (xi) that obligates any Acquired Company to conduct any business on an exclusive basis with any third Person, or upon consummation of the Merger, will or purports to obligate Parent or any of its Affiliates to conduct business with any third Person on an exclusive basis; (xii) any that is a Government Contract that provides for and involves payments by or to the Company Acquired Companies (or any Subsidiary of the Company them) in excess of $500,000 3,000,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014)year; (xiii) that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any customerPerson, clientbusiness or operations or assets constituting a business (whether by merger, supply sale of stock, sale of assets, consolidation or vendor otherwise) entered into within the past five (5) years (including any such Contract under which contemplated transactions were consummated but under which one or more of the parties thereto has executory indemnification, earn-out or other liabilities); (xiv) that involved consideration payable is a Contract under which an Intellectual Property Asset that is material to the conduct of the Acquired Companies’ businesses as currently conducted is licensed, whether an Acquired Company is a licensor or licensee, exclusive of Contracts for the license to an Acquired Company of any software, hardware, or information technology systems that are generally commercially available (e.g., so-called “off-the-shelf software and technology”); (xv) that is a hedging, derivative or similar Contract (including interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreements, cap agreements, collar agreements and any similar Contract designed to protect a Person against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices); (xvi) addressing the employment of any individual with any Acquired Company with base compensation or payments in excess of $250,000 per annum that is not terminable upon notice of thirty (30) days or less; (xvii) providing for the retention, engagement or termination of any temporary agency employee, individual consultant or other individual independent contractor of any Acquired Companies, in each case that provides for compensation in excess of $250,000 per annum; (xviii) that is a labor, collective bargaining, works council or similar agreement; (xix) that provides for a loan or advance of any amount in excess of $10,000 to any employee of any of the Acquired Companies or any temporary agency employee, consultant or other independent contractor of the Acquired Companies, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or (xx) that is not covered by the foregoing clauses of this Section 3.10(a) and that is material to the business of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, and provides for termination, acceleration of payment or to any other material rights or obligations upon the occurrence of a change of control in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyits Subsidiaries. (b) Each Contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding of the type described and required to be disclosed in Section 3.10(a) above (together with all amendment, supplements and modifications in each case thereto) is referred to herein as a “Material Contract.” A complete and correct copy of each Material Contract has been made available to Parent. Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsterms or are terminated in accordance with their terms in compliance with Section 5.1, all of the Material Contracts are valid and binding on the Acquired Companies, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract required to be filed other party thereto, as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31applicable, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, and in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryeffect, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability as may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or and other Laws similar applicable Law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability . No Acquired Company is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach of or violation ofdefault under, or are not in default under committed or failed to perform any Material Contractact, except for defaults and no event or condition exists, which individually with or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilitywithout notice, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a material default thereunderunder, except for defaults which individually or result in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of, or acceleration under, the provisions of any Material Contract, and as of the date hereof, no Acquired Company has received written notice of any of the foregoing. As of the date of this Agreement, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to a Material Contract is in material breach of or resulted in default under, or committed or failed to perform any act, and no event or condition exists, which with or without notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a material liability for default under, or result in the Companytermination of, or acceleration under, the provisions of any Material Contract, and as of the date hereof, no Acquired Company has received written notice of any of the foregoing.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Hill International, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Hill International, Inc.)

Contracts. (ai) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Neither UDS nor any of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contractcontract, except as set forth arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) (A) with respect to the employment of any directors, officers or employees other than in Section 4.12(athe ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B) which, upon the consummation or stockholder approval of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will (either alone or upon the occurrence of all Material Contracts to any additional acts or by which events) result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from Valero, UDS, the Company Surviving Corporation or any of its their respective Subsidiaries to any director officer or employee thereof, (C) which is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “"material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KK of the SEC) required to be performed after the date of this Agreement that has not been filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Company UDS SEC Documents, whether or not Documents filed with the SEC, prior to the date hereof, or (D) which materially restricts the conduct of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant line of business by the Company UDS or any Subsidiary upon consummation of the Company not Merger will materially restrict the ability of Valero or the Surviving Corporation to engage in any line of business business. Each contract, arrangement, commitment or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary understanding of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of type described in this Agreement that could resultSection 4.1(j), in each case, in payments by the Company whether or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into not set forth in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) UDS Disclosure Schedule or in such UDS SEC Documents, is material referred to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken herein as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company;"UDS Contract". (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or Each UDS Contract is valid and binding on UDS and any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose valueits Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, as applicable, and in each case, is in excess of $500,000full force and effect, (B) pursuant UDS and each of its Subsidiaries has in all material respects performed all obligations required to which the Company be performed by it to date under each UDS Contract, except where such noncompliance, either individually or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of businessaggregate, (B) loans would not reasonably be expected to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of businesshave a Material Adverse Effect on UDS, and (C) extensions neither UDS nor any of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing its Subsidiaries knows of, or collaboration with respect tohas received notice of, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations existence of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiariesevent or condition which constitutes, taken as a wholeor, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute both, will constitute, a material default thereunderon the part of UDS or any of its Subsidiaries under any such UDS Contract, except for defaults which where such default, either individually or in the aggregate aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect on UDS.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp), Merger Agreement (Valero Energy Corp/Tx)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Schedule 3.16 sets forth all of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material following Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as or by which it is bound (the "Material Contracts"): (i) Contracts with any labor union or association representing any employee of the date Company or any of this Agreement. For all purposes its Subsidiaries; (ii) Contracts for the sale of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of business or for the grant to any Person of any preferential rights to purchase any of their assets; (iii) Contracts containing covenants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not to compete in any line of business or with any Person in any geographical area; (iv) Contracts granting any registration or similar right in respect of securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (v) Contracts pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquired the capital stock or assets of another entity and which contain earn-out provisions relating to such acquisition requiring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make payments in the future in excess of $250,000 individually or $750,000 in the aggregate. All of the Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any assets it is bound are in full force and effect and are the legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and equivalent Laws affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). Neither the Company nor any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company are bound is in default, except as of the date of this Agreement. (i) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) respect under any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a wholenor, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each caseParent's Knowledge, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under thereunder in any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyrespect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Fidelity National Financial Inc /De/), Stock Purchase Agreement (Fidelity National Financial Inc /De/)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Agreement, neither the Company SEC Documentsnor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any Contract required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act (a “Filed Company Contract”) that has not been so filed. (b) Section 3.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, none of a true and complete list, and the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party has made available to or bound by any Material Parent true and complete copies (including all amendments and supplements thereto), of each: (i) agreement, Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to understanding, or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following undertaking to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party that (A) restricts the ability of the Company is or the Company Subsidiaries to compete in any business or with any Person in any geographical area (B) could reasonably be expected to restrict the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any business or with any Person in any geographical area after the Effective Time, or (C) grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material assets, rights or properties of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, (ii) agreement or Contract that obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis or that contains a party “most favored nation” or by similar covenant, (iii) (A) loan and credit agreement, Contract, note, debenture, bond, indenture, mortgage, security agreement, pledge, hedging agreement or other similar agreement pursuant to which any assets Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is outstanding or may be incurred, other than any such agreement solely between or among the Company and the wholly owned Company Subsidiaries, or (B) agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking relating to the mortgaging, pledging or the placing of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any material asset of the Company are bound as or any Company Subsidiary, (iv) Partnership, joint venture or similar agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking to which the Company or any of the date Company Subsidiaries is a party relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of this Agreement.any partnership or joint venture; (iv) agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking with any “material contract” Company Top Supplier, (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10vi) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit Current Government Contract involving current annual payments to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to any Company Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000, (vii) Company Lease; (viii) Judgment that provides for any material injunctive or other non-monetary relief after the date of this Agreement; (iiix) agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking with any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by current or former officer, director or Affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective “associates” or “immediate family members” (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act),other than any Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nationPlan,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iiix) (A) agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking with respect to any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations material Intellectual Property Rights pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of is a licensee (other than to “off-the-shelf” or “shrink wrap” licenses generally available to the Company has any remaining liability public as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by Closing) or (B) joint development agreement to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business);is a party, (ivxi) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiariesagreement, taken as a wholeContract, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company understanding or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) undertaking relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries of any business or Person (whether by merger, purchase of equity interests or otherwise) or any material amount of assets whose value(excluding dispositions or acquisitions which were consummated prior to the date of this Agreement and with respect to which there is no ongoing liability or obligation of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries), and (xii) agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking not otherwise described above that involves annual payments to or from the Company or any Company Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $15,000,000 in the aggregate. Each agreement, Contract, understanding or undertaking of the type described in this Section 3.13(b) and each Filed Company Contract is referred to herein as a “Company Material Contract”. (c) Except for matters which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Company Material Contract (including, for purposes of this Section 3.13(c), any Contract entered into after the date of this Agreement that would have been a Company Material Contract if such Contract existed on the date of this Agreement) is a valid, binding and legally enforceable obligation of the Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, of the other parties thereto, except, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, as enforcement may be limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageBankruptcy and Equity Exception, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any each such Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon (iii) none of Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is (with or the applicable without notice or lapse of time, or both) in breach or default under any such Company SubsidiaryMaterial Contract and, and to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, binding upon the no other parties thereto party to any such Company Material Contract is (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in thereunder. To the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company does any Company, no event, circumstance or condition exist that exists which, with or without notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted reasonably be expected to result in a material liability for breach or default by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any other party thereto of any Company Material Contract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Jacobs Engineering Group Inc /De/), Merger Agreement (Keyw Holding Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 4.16(a) of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter sets forth each contract that, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is that would constitute a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit K under the Securities Act), with respect to the Company SEC Documents(assuming the Company were subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act) (all such contracts, whether or not filed with in addition to those set forth in Section 4.16(b) of the SECCompany Disclosure Letter, prior to but excluding any Company Plans, “Company Material Contracts”). (b) Section 4.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists the following contracts, in effect as of the date of this Agreement, which for the purposes of this Agreement shall be considered Company Material Contracts: (i) each Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the ordinary course of business; (ii) any each Contract that contains containing (A) any covenant by limiting the freedom of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Surviving Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person Person, or limiting the development, manufacture or distribution of the Surviving Company’s products or services, (B) any most-favored pricing arrangement, (C) any exclusivity provision in any line favor of businessa third party, or (BD) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsany non-solicitation provision applicable to the Company, in the case of the foregoing clause (D), which are material to the Company, taken as a whole; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant each Contract relating to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty; (iv) any each Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company of material assets or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (viv) each Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, guaranteesloans, loans notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess credit or creating any material Liens with respect to any assets of $500,000, other than the Company or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of the Company; (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of businessany Contract involving supply or distribution (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions), (B) loans any Contract involving provision of services or products with respect to Subsidiaries any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of the Company, (C) any Contract involving a dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, development or other Contract currently in force under which the Company has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any Contract pursuant to which the Company has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company or (D) any Contract to license any patent, trademark registration, service mark registration, trade name or copyright registration to or from any third party to manufacture or produce any product, service or technology of the Company or any Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of the Company, in the ordinary course of businesseach case, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers except for Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (vii) each Contract with any Contract pursuant to which the CompanyPerson, Subsidiary of the Companyincluding any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or any other party thereto has material continuing obligationsPerson, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing advisory services to the Company or any Subsidiary of in connection with the Company, and (C) leasestransactions contemplated hereby; (viii) any each Contract providing for indemnification relating to leases of real properties with respect to which the Company directly or guarantee of the obligations of indirectly holds a valid leasehold interest as well as any other Person real estate that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into is in the ordinary course possession of business consistent with past practice;or leased by the Company; and (ix) any other Contract that provides for the grant of a license, is not terminable at will (with no penalty or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractorspayment) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageCompany, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any and that is material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company business or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary operations of the Company. (bc) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) Each Company Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms terms; and (except to ii) as of the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect date of applicable bankruptcythis Agreement, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have has not received receive any claim written notice of a any material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of by the Company does or of any event or condition exist that with has occurred that constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a default thereunderconstitute, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for default on the part of the Company. The Company has made available, on or before the Due Diligence Contingency Deadline, to Parent true and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. There are no Company Material Contracts that are not in written form.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (20/20 Biolabs, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Longevity Health Holdings, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement Seller has made available to Purchaser accurate and except for complete copies of each of the Assigned Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date hereof (including exhibits, schedules, roadmaps, annexes and in each case, together with all amendments thereto), all of this Agreement, none which are listed on Schedule 1.1 (a) (i). Each of the Company or its Subsidiaries Assigned Contracts is a party legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and is not subject to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in material Violation. Section 4.12(a4.8(a) of the Company Seller Disclosure Schedule Letter lists all Contracts (each Contract listed in Section 4.8(a) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, a “Material Contract”, and collectively the “Material Contracts”) relating to the North America Business to which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.that are: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit Contracts entered into by Seller or its Subsidiaries that bind Seller or its Subsidiaries with respect to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementTransferred Assets; (ii) any Contract that contains Contracts with television networks (Aincluding broadcast and cable networks), cable and direct broadcast system operators, manufacturers of televisions and set-top boxes and advertisers; (iii) any covenant by Contracts between Seller or an Affiliate of Seller, on the Company or one hand, and any Subsidiary of Seller, on the Company not other hand; (iv) Contracts establishing any joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance, or other material collaboration; (v) Contracts that limit, or purport to engage limit, the ability of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to, compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line geographic area or during any period of business, time or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” that require Seller or similar provisionsany of its Subsidiaries to deal exclusively with a given Person in respect of a given matter; (iiivi) Contracts for the sale of any contract containing Transferred Asset or the grant of any “earn-out” preferential rights to purchase any Transferred Asset or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant requiring the consent of any party to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability transfer thereof; (vii) Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company Seller or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer Subsidiaries is a party and that are material to the conduct of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumNorth America Business, or the delivery by the Company use or any Subsidiary operation of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesTransferred Assets, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companypresently conducted. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsas disclosed in Section 4.8(b) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material default under the Company’s Annual Report terms of any Material Contract or Assigned Contract or in the payment of any principal of or interest on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or any Indebtedness and (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of Seller and the CompanyCanadian Subsidiary, binding upon no counterparty to any Material Contract or Assigned Contract is in material default thereunder. (c) Seller has made available to Purchaser copies of all agreements between Seller or the Canadian Subsidiary and their employees and/or Seller or the Canadian Subsidiary and their independent contractors that relate to the creation of any of the Transferred Assets, including “work for hire” agreements. (d) The Transferred Assets include all information and other parties thereto materials that Purchaser may be required to return to any counterparty to any nondisclosure, confidentiality or other similar agreement included in accordance with its terms (except the Assigned Contracts to the extent enforceability may be limited required by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyterms thereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Liberate Technologies), Asset Purchase Agreement (Liberate Technologies)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for All Contracts required to be filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is Documents have been so filed in a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in timely manner. Section 4.12(a3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains Letter sets forth a true and complete and accurate list of all Material each of the following Contracts to or by which the Company or Company, any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets or businesses are bound (and any amendments, supplements and modifications thereto): (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contractmaterial contractshall mean pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (ii) any Contract that is a non-competition Contract or other Contract that (A) limits in any material respect either the type of the following to business in which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party (or, after the Effective Time, Parent or by any of its Subsidiaries) or any of their respective Affiliates, may engage or the manner or geographic area in which any of them may so engage in any business, (B) would require the disposition, lease, license or other transfer of any material assets or line of business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after the Subsidiaries Effective Time, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) or any of their respective Affiliates as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (C) is a Contract that grants a third party “most favored nation” or similar status that, following the Effective Time, would apply to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) contains any “exclusivity” or similar provision for the benefit of a third party or otherwise prohibits or limits, in any material respect, except those Intellectual Property Agreements set forth in Section 3.18(c) of the Company are bound as Disclosure Letter, the right of the date Company or any of this Agreement. its Subsidiaries (ior, after the Effective Time, would prohibit or limit, in any material respect, the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) to make, sell, market, advertise, promote, publicly display or distribute any products or services or use, transfer, license, distribute, defend or enforce any of their respective Intellectual Property Rights; (E) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or obtain a minimum or specified amount of any product or service from any Person; or (F) that involves the obligation or potential obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any “material contractearn-out(as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required or similar payments to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementany Person; (iiiii) any indenture, loan or credit agreement, factoring agreement, security agreement, guarantee, note, mortgage, letter of credit, reimbursement agreement or other Contract, in any such case relating to indebtedness or other obligation of any Acquired Company having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $100,000 (except for such indebtedness between the Acquired Companies or guaranties by any Acquired Company of indebtedness of any Acquired Company); (iv) any Contract relating to any material joint venture or partnership; (v) any Contract, excluding any Real Property Lease, under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made or received payments of more than $250,000 during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 or reasonably expects to make or receive payments of more than $250,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, and is not terminable upon notice of 30 days or less without penalty; (vi) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by restricts or prohibits the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not (or after the Effective Time would restrict or prohibit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) from hiring or soliciting any individual to engage in any line of business perform employment or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsconsulting services; (iiivii) any contract containing Contract establishing any “earn-out” material dealer, reseller, remarketer, distribution, joint marketing, exclusive arrangement or other manufacturer arrangement, or similar contingent payment obligations pursuant agreement granting rights with regard to which the Company any Subsidiary products or services of the Company has or any remaining liability as of its Subsidiaries; (viii) any Contract that provides for any standstill or similar restriction with respect to the date Company or its securities; (ix) any Contract for the lease of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments real property by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries that by its terms calls for aggregate annual rent payments of more than $100,000 by the Company and its Subsidiaries; (x) any employment Contract that requires aggregate payments with respect to annual salary and target bonus in excess of $180,000 on an annual basis or is not terminable without cause by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by notice of not more than sixty (60) days or without any termination payment or penalty, or any severance, retention, change in control or similar Contract; (xi) any Contract with an independent contractor or consultant, including any Software development agreements, that requires aggregate payments in excess of $150,000 on an annual basis; (xii) any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor organization, union or association or works council; (xiii) any Contract that grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or other similar rights to any Person with respect to any material asset of the Company after and its Subsidiaries; (xiv) any Contract that relates to any material interest rate, derivatives or hedging transaction (including with respect to commodities); (xv) any Contract that relates to the date acquisition or disposition of the this Agreement any business, capital stock or assets (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), other than contingent payment arrangements entered into a Contract to purchase or license of technology, goods, services, or other assets in the ordinary course of business); (iv) , under which the Company or any Contract of its Subsidiaries has any outstanding contingent or other obligations that (1) is are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (vxvi) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition that is a settlement or acquisition by the Company similar Contract with any Governmental Entity or any Subsidiary other Person or an order, judgment, writ, stipulation, award, injunction or decree of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant a Governmental Entity or arbitrator to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Companyits Subsidiaries, or (C) any contract of their respective assets or properties, is subject that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of creditis, in each case in excess of $500,000case, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ixxvii) any Contract that provides for the grant purporting to indemnify or hold harmless any director, officer or employee of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company Constituent Documents or organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries;); and (xxviii) any Contract with to which any holder of more than five percent (x5%) Governmental Authority of the capital stock or (y) director or officer other securities of the Company is a party or any Subsidiary that is required to be disclosed by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, other than Contracts related to the granting, vesting, exercise, issuance or delivery of equity-based awards under the Company Equity Plans and Contracts that are Company Plans. Each such Contract as described in this Section 3.15(a) or Section 3.18(c) or listed in Section 3.15(a) or Section 3.18(c) of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares;Disclosure Letter, a “Material Contract”. (xib) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed True and complete copies of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary all Material Contracts of the Company; , its Subsidiaries have been made available to Parent in the Data Room in accordance with all applicable Laws. For purposes of this Agreement, “Contract” means any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, arrangement, undertaking, purchase order, bid, agreement, lease, license agreement or other instrument or obligation (xii) whether written or oral), together with all amendments thereto. Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, any Contract that provides other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except in each case for payments such failures to be valid and binding or to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Except as required or permitted by this Agreement after the date of this Agreement, the Company has not terminated, waived, amended, released or modified in any respect any provision of any standstill or similar agreement with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to which it is currently or has, within the 12 months immediately preceding the date hereof, been a party. Except, individually or in excess of $500,000 per annumthe aggregate, or the delivery as has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no default under any Contract by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annumits Subsidiaries party thereto or, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist no event has occurred that with notice or the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunderthereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Knowles Corp), Merger Agreement (Audience Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementhereof, a “Material Contract” shall mean any true and complete list of the following each Contract to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company Subsidiary is a party or which binds or affects their respective properties or assets, and which falls within any of the following categories: (i) any joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance, limited liability or other similar Contract related to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership, limited liability company or joint venture in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary owns any interest; (ii) any agreement that involves future expenditures or receipts by which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of more than $3,000,000 in any one year period that cannot be terminated on less than 90 days’ notice without material payment or penalty; (iii) any Contract that grants any right of first refusal or right of first offer or that limits the ability of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or any of their respective affiliates (including the Parent and its affiliates after the Effective Time) to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any material assets or businesses; (iv) any Contract that limits the freedom of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and/or their respective affiliates, and that would bind the Parent or its affiliates after the Effective Time so as to similarly limit its or their freedom, to engage in any line of business, solicit or hire any Person, compete with any Person or purchase, sell, supply or distribute any product, or service or that otherwise has the effect of restricting the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective affiliates (including Parent and its affiliates after the Effective Time) from the development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of products and services, in each case, in any geographic area; (v) any (i) Contract that contains any (A) exclusivity rights or (B) “most favored nations” provisions that would reasonably be expected to materially impair the business of the Company are bound as or its affiliates after the Closing, including the Parent or its affiliates after the Effective Time, or (ii) supply Contract with respect to air or hotel or payment processing Contract in either case that, to the Knowledge of the date Company, contains any minimum use, supply or display requirements, in any such case binding the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of this Agreement.their respective affiliates (including the Parent and its affiliates after the Effective Time); (ivi) any Contract involving derivative financial instruments or arrangements (including swaps, caps, floors, futures, forward contracts, option agreements) with a notional value in excess of $1,000,000; (vii) any Contract that obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any capital investment or capital expenditure outside the ordinary course of business and in excess of $2,000,000; (viii) any acquisition Contract that contains “earn-out” provisions or other contingent payment obligations that could reasonably be expected to result in future payments by the Company or a Company Subsidiary in excess of $2,000,000; (ix) any Contract relating to Indebtedness in excess of $1,000,000; (x) (a) with respect to any Person that is one of the top 10 customers of the Company’s Orbitz Partner Network business line as measured by total revenue for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, any Contract with such Person related to such business line; (b) with respect to any Person that is one of the top 10 customers of the Company’s Orbitz For Business business line, as measured by total revenue for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, any Contract with such Person related to such business line; (c) with respect to any Person that is one of the top 10 vendors of the Company’s air business line, as measured by number of tickets booked in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, any Contract with such Person related to such business line; (d) with respect to any Person that is one of the top 10 vendors of the Company’s hotel business line, as measured by net booking amount (net of cancellations) for check-in dates during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, any Contract with such Person related to such business line; or (e) with respect to any Person that is one of the top 10 vendors of the Company’s car business line, as measured by gross bookings in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, any Contract with such Person related to such business line; (xi) any Contract for the provision of global distribution services; (xii) any lease or sublease with respect to the Leased Real Property; (xiii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary licenses (in or out) Intellectual Property that is material to the conduct of the Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted except (A) Contracts for off-the-shelf, shrink-wrap, click through or pre-installed software, hardware or databases licensed to the Company or any Company Subsidiary with annual fees of less than $1,000,000 and (B) standard form licenses granted to customers by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and (xiv) any settlement agreement or similar Contract imposing material operational restrictions or conduct requirements on the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective affiliates (including the Parent and its affiliates after the Effective Time); (xv) any other “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K of the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Each Contract of the type described in this Section 3.13(a) is referred to herein as a “Company Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, Contract.” True and complete copies of each Company Material Contract required in effect as of the date hereof has been made available to Merger Sub (including pursuant to agreed-upon procedures to protect competitively sensitive information) or publicly filed with the SEC. (c) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be filed as an exhibit expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Company Material Contract is a legally valid and enforceable obligation of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for Company or the year ended December 31Company Subsidiary party thereto, 2014 in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity; (ii) any each Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company none of the Company or the applicable any Company SubsidiarySubsidiary or any other party thereto, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto is in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Company Material Contract to which it is a party or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge by which it or any of the Company does any condition exist that with notice its properties or lapse of time assets is bound or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyaffected.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Expedia, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date For purposes of this Agreement, none a “Parent Material Contract” shall include each Contract of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party following types to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.hereof: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) Contract identified on the lists of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit exhibits to the Company Parent SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains would be required to be filed by Parent as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act; (iii) any Contract that (A) materially limits the ability of Parent or any covenant by of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Transactions, would reasonably be expected to materially limit the Surviving Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not Opco Surviving Company) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line geographic area (including any Contract containing any area of businessmutual interest (but excluding areas of mutual interest under joint operating agreements), joint bidding area, joint acquisition area or non-compete or similar type of restriction), (B) materially restricts the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Transactions, would reasonably be expected to materially limit the ability of the Surviving Company or the Opco Surviving Company) to sell to or purchase from any Person any products or services, or use, transfer or distribute, or enforce any of their rights with respect to, any of their material assets, or (BC) grants the other party or any third Person “most favored nation,“exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) status with respect to any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement material obligation (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into pursuant to customary royalty pricing provisions in Oil and Gas Leases or customary preferential rights in joint operating agreements, unit agreements or participation agreements affecting the ordinary course Oil and Gas Properties of businessParent or any of its Subsidiaries); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to joint venture, partnership or limited liability agreement, other than any customary joint operating agreements, unit agreements or participation agreements affecting the Company Oil and Gas Properties of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) that constitutes a commitment of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is Indebtedness and having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $500,000100,000,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, agreements solely between or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personamong Parent and its Subsidiaries; (vi) any mortgagesContract involving any pending acquisition or disposition, indenturesdirectly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), guarantees, loans of assets or credit agreements, security agreements capital stock or other Contracts relating to equity interests for aggregate consideration (in one or a series of transactions) under such Contract of $100,000,000 or more (other than acquisitions or dispositions of inventory or the borrowing purchase or sale of money or extension of creditHydrocarbons, in each case in excess of $500,000case, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (vii) each joint development agreement, exploration agreement, participation, farmout, farmin or program agreement or similar contract requiring Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to make expenditures that would reasonably be expected to exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate during the 12-month period following the date of this Agreement, other than customary joint operating agreements and continuous development obligations under Oil and Gas Leases; (viii) each Contract for any Derivative Transaction with a notional value in excess of $35,000,000; (ix) each Contract to which Parent or any Contract that provides of its Subsidiaries is a party for the grant purchase, sale, swap or exchange of minerals or mineral rights having a licensevalue in excess of $100,000,000, in each case, for which such purchase, sale, swap or exchange of minerals or mineral rights remain pending (and excluding, for the development (excluding contracts with employeesavoidance of doubt, consultants the purchase and contractors) sale of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties Hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;consistent with past practices); and (x) any each Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer for lease of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material personal property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; real property (xiiother than Oil and Gas Properties) any Contract that provides for involving payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or 100,000,000 in any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 aggregate payments in excess of $500,000 or 200,000,000 that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends not terminable without penalty or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock liability to the Company or Parent (other than any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees ongoing obligation pursuant to such contract that is not caused by any Subsidiary of the Companysuch termination) within 90 days, other than Contracts related to drilling rigs. (b) Except for matters which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Contracts Adverse Effect (provided, that have expired or terminated by their termsclause (D) of the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” shall be disregarded for purposes of this Section 4.16(b)), each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) each Parent Material Contract is valid and binding on Parent and any of its Subsidiaries to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for extent such Subsidiary is a party thereto, as applicable, and to the year ended December 31knowledge of Parent, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Keach other party thereto, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryenforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to Creditors’ Rights, and (ii) there is no pending or unresolved default under any Parent Material Contract by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the CompanyParent, binding upon the any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganizationand no event or condition has occurred that remains pending or unresolved that constitutes, insolvencyor, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute reasonably be expected to constitute, a default thereunderon the part of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which individually to the knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto under any such Parent Material Contract, nor has Parent or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination any of a Material Contract its Subsidiaries received any notice of any such default, event or resulted in a material liability for the Companycondition.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Pioneer Natural Resources Co), Merger Agreement (Parsley Energy, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement Section 3.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the following Contracts (x) that are Acquired Contracts and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the which Seller or any of its Affiliates is a party or (y) to which an Acquired Company SEC Documentsis a party, in each case as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.hereof: (i) each Contract with any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) Person listed or required to be filed as an exhibit to listed on Section 3.21(a) or Section 3.21(b) of the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementDisclosure Schedule; (ii) each Contract with any Contract current employee, officer, director, manager, consultant or independent contractor that contains provides services to the Business or an Acquired Company that cannot be terminated on notice of 30 days or less without any obligation (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary with annual required payments in excess of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, $[****] or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” that provides post-termination or similar provisionsseverance payments or benefits with a value in excess of $[****]; (iii) each Contract that restricts or prohibits any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, Seller Entity (in each case, with respect to the Business) or Acquired Company from soliciting customers, suppliers, or employees, conducting business in payments by the any markets or territories, or competing with any Person (including any such Contract with any restriction relating to geography or Persons with whom a Seller Entity or Acquired Company or is prohibited to engage in any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) each Contract pursuant to which any Contract that Person provides management or administrative services to any Seller Entity (1) is material in each case, with respect to the Business) or Acquired Company with annual required payments in excess of $[****] and its Subsidiariesthat cannot be terminated on notice of 30 days or less without any obligation or pursuant to which any Seller Entity or Acquired Company provides management or administrative services to any other Person and each other Contract with any Seller Entity (in each case, taken as a wholewith respect to the Business), and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Acquired Company or any successor thereto other Person to make which any material payment to another Person upon consummation Seller Entity or Acquired Company provides business, administrative, back office or other similar services with annual required payments in excess of a change in control $[****] and that cannot be terminated on notice of the Company30 days or less without any obligation; (v) any Contract each Lease, rental or occupancy agreement, license to real property, installment and conditional sale agreement (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary except personal property leases and installment and conditional sales agreements having aggregate payments of the Company less than $[****] and with terms of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other less than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personone year); (vi) each Contract for the purchase by any mortgagesSeller Entity (in each case, indentureswith respect to the Business) or Acquired Company of any supply or product that calls for performance over a period of more than one year (other than any such Contract that (A) is or on the Closing Date will be terminable at will or upon not more than 30 days’ notice without any obligation or (B) contemplates aggregate payments of less than $[****] per year); (vii) any Contract with a sales representative, guaranteesmanufacturer’s representative, loans or credit agreementsdistributor, security agreements dealer, broker, sales agency, advertising agency or other Contracts Person engaged in sales, distributing or promotional activities in each case creating an exclusive relationship with any Seller Entity (in each case, with respect to the Business) or Acquired Company, or any agreement to act as one of the foregoing on behalf of the Business or an Acquired Company on an exclusive basis; (viii) any Contract, whether or not fully performed, relating to any acquisition or disposition of any Subsidiary, business, division or line of business of an Acquired Company or the Business; (ix) each joint venture, partnership or Contract (in the case of a Contract to which a Seller Entity is a party, relating to the borrowing Business) involving a sharing of money profits, losses, costs or extension Liabilities with any other Person; (x) each power of creditattorney granted by any Seller Entity relating to the Business or any Acquired Company; (xi) each Contract with any Governmental Body (in the case of such a Contract to which a Seller Entity is a party, relating to the Business); (xii) each Contract under which any Seller Entity or Acquired Company has incurred or guaranteed any outstanding Debt (in the case of such a Contract to which a Seller Entity is a party, relating to the Business), in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries [****] or encumbering any of the Acquired Assets or any assets of an Acquired Company in the ordinary course excess of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business$[****]; (viixiii) each Contract providing for the payment of any cash or other compensation or benefits upon the consummation of the Transactions; (xiv) each Contract with any labor union (in the case of such a Contract to which a Seller Entity is a party, to the extent relating to the Business); (xv) each Contract under which any Seller Entity (and which relates to the Business) or any Acquired Company has advanced or loaned to any other Person outstanding amounts in the aggregate exceeding $[****]; (xvi) any Contract settlement, conciliation, leniency or similar agreement (with respect to a Seller Entity, relating to the Business) with any Governmental Body pursuant to which any Seller Entity (in each case, with respect to the CompanyBusiness) or Acquired Company will have any continuing obligations following the Closing Date; (xvii) any “take or pay” Contract (in the case of a Contract with a Seller Entity, Subsidiary of relating to the Company, Business) or any other party thereto has material continuing obligationsContract (in the case of a Contract with a Seller Entity, rights or interests relating with respect to the research, development, supply, manufacture Business) that requires any Seller Entity or marketing ofAcquired Company to purchase or sell products or services exclusively, or collaboration with respect topurchase or sell a minimum quantity or value of products or services, to or from any Company product for which the Company Person or any Subsidiary containing a “most favored nation” or “most favored customer” or similar provision in favor of the Company is currently engaged other party (in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a wholeeach case, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for (A) is or on the grant of a license, Closing Date will be terminable at will or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of upon not more than 30 days’ notice by Buyer without any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority obligation or (yB) director or officer contemplates aggregate payments of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of less than $500,000 [****] per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014year); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xivxviii) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits each Intellectual Property Agreement (in the payment case of dividends or other distributions on equity securitiesan Intellectual Property Agreement with a Seller Entity, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock relating to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyBusiness). (b) Except for Seller has delivered to Buyer a correct and complete copy of each written Material Contracts that have expired Contract, together with all amendments, exhibits, attachments, waivers or terminated by their terms, each other changes thereto. There are no oral Material Contracts. (c) Each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31is legal, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Kvalid, is validbinding, enforceable, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryeffect, and subject to the knowledge Enforceability Limitations. Except as set forth on Section 3.14(c) of the CompanyDisclosure Schedule, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except i) no Material Contract has been materially breached or canceled by any Seller Entity or Acquired Company or, to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect Knowledge of applicable bankruptcySeller, reorganizationany other party thereto, insolvencyand, moratorium since January 1, 2017, no Seller Entity or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Acquired Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not has received any claim written notice of a termination, cancellation, material modification, acceleration or material breach or violation of, or are not in default under with respect to any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually (ii) each Seller Entity and Acquired Company has performed, in all material respects, all material obligations under such Material Contracts required to be performed by such Seller Entity or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination Acquired Company, (iii) there is no existing fact or event which, upon giving of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a material breach or default thereunder, except for defaults which individually by the Seller Entity or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Acquired Company party thereto under any such Material Contract or resulted in a would permit the termination, material liability for the Companymodification or acceleration of such Acquired Contract or Material Contract, and (iv) no Seller Entity or Acquired Company has assigned, delegated or otherwise transferred to any third party any of its rights, title or interest under any such Material Contract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Purchase Agreement (Cree Inc), Purchase Agreement (Cree Inc)

Contracts. (ai) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or Neither Virata nor any of its Subsidiaries is a --------- party as to or is bound by any contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) (A) with respect to the employment of any directors, officers or employees other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B) which, upon the consummation or stockholder approval of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under transactions contemplated by this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean will (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional acts or events) result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from Globespan, Virata, the following to which the Company Surviving Corporation or any of the their respective Subsidiaries of the Company to any officer or employee thereof, (C) which is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “"material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KK of the SEC) required to be filed as an exhibit performed, entirely or in part, after the date of this Agreement, or (D) which materially restricts the conduct of any line of business by Virata or any Subsidiary thereof or, upon consummation of the Merger, will materially restrict the ability of Globespan or the Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof to engage in any line of business. Each contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding of the Company type described in this Section 4.1(j), whether or not set forth in the Virata Disclosure Letter or in the Virata SEC Documents, is referred to herein as a "Virata Contract" (for purposes of clarification, each "material contract" (as --------------- such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) to be performed, entirely or in part, after the date of this Agreement, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement;is a Virata Contract). (ii) any Contract that contains (A) Each Virata Contract is valid and binding on Virata and any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessits Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a wholeapplicable, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000full force and effect, (B) pursuant Virata and each of its Subsidiaries has in all material respects performed all obligations required to which the Company be performed by it to date under each Virata Contract, except where such noncompliance, either individually or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of businessaggregate, (B) loans would not reasonably be expected to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of businesshave a Material Adverse Effect on Virata, and (C) extensions neither Virata nor any of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing its Subsidiaries knows of, or collaboration with respect tohas received notice of, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations existence of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiariesevent or condition which constitutes, taken as a wholeor, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute both, will constitute, a material default thereunderon the part of Virata or any of its Subsidiaries under any such Virata Contract, except for defaults which where such default, either individually or in the aggregate aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect on Virata.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Virata Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Virata Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits Schedule 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains, with respect to the Company SEC Documentseach Specified Business, Seller’s good faith estimate, as of the date hereof, of this Agreementthe number of Contracts (other than Programming Agreements, Franchises and Governmental Authorizations) to which Seller or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective Assets are party, bound or subject which are executory and are Related to such Specified Business. Such list represents Seller’s good faith estimate of the number of such Contracts in each of the categories set forth on Schedule 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, and indicates as to each category, the number of such Contracts that (i) were entered into prior to the Petition Date, (ii) were entered into following the Petition Date or (iii) Relate to any Specified Business and any other business of Seller or its Affiliates, including any part of the Friendco Business. (b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) Contracts of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is Affiliates Related to a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean Specified Business contains any of the following to which the Company terms or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is provisions (each such term or provision, a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.“Special Term”): (i) consideration payable or receivable by Seller or any “material contract” (as such term is defined of its Affiliates in Item 601(b)(10) excess of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to $100,000 in any twelve month period or in excess of $1,000,000 over the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementremaining term; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by limitations on the Company freedom of Seller or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or its Affiliates to compete with any Person in any line of business, with any Person or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” in any geographic area, and which would limit the freedom of Buyer or similar provisionsany of its Affiliates to do so after the Closing Date if it were an Assigned Contract; (iii) any contract containing any so-called earn-outmost favored nationor other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company provisions or any Subsidiary similar provision requiring Seller or any of the Company its Affiliates to offer a third party terms or concessions at least as favorable as those offered to one or more other parties, or which would require Buyer or any of its Affiliates to do so after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)Closing Date if it were an Assigned Contract; (iv) any Contract terms that (1) is do not reflect in all material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change respects those that would be obtained in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Companyarm’s length negotiations; (v) any Contract (A) relating to exclusivity provision or provision that requires the disposition purchase of all or acquisition by the Company a given portion of a party’s requirements or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose valueother similar provision that would, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which bind Buyer or its Affiliates after the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third PersonClosing if it were an Assigned Contract; (vi) any mortgagesterms for the benefit of any members of the Rigas family (except terms for the general benefit of holders of Equity Securities in Seller or any of its Affiliates), indenturesSeller, guarantees, loans any Managed Cable Entity or credit agreements, security agreements any of its or other Contracts relating to their current or former Affiliates or associates (as defined in Rule 405 under the borrowing of money or extension of creditSecurities Act), in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in that would continue to benefit any such Person after the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businessClosing if it were an Assigned Contract; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests provision relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, use by third parties of any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged Transferred Assets to provide telephone, Internet or data services other than in research or development, excluding (AContracts with Subscribers of any such services and other than under the Contracts listed on Schedule 3.15(b)(vii) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases;Seller Disclosure Schedule; or (viii) with respect to any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee entered into following entry of the Confirmation Order, any provision that directly or indirectly restricts (or imposes a penalty or loss of benefit upon) the assignment or transfer of the rights or obligations of any other Person that would be material thereunder to the Company and its SubsidiariesBuyer, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;Friendco or their Affiliates. (ixc) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractorsSchedule 3.15(c) of any intellectual property the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list, as of the Company or any Subsidiary date hereof, of the Company all Contracts (other than non-exclusive licenses granted Equipment Leases and Programming Agreements) to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company which Seller or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) Affiliates or any Contract with of their respective Assets are party, bound or subject that Relate to more than one Specified Business or to both a Specified Business and any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer part of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyFriendco Business. (bd) Except for Material Subject to the entry of the Confirmation Order, all Assigned Contracts that have expired or terminated will be, when assumed by their terms, each Material Contract required Seller and assigned to be filed as an exhibit to (i) Buyer hereunder and under the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is validConfirmation Order, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties will be enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with its the express terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcythereof and any violation, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofevent of default, or are not in default under any Material Contractalleged violation, except for defaults which individually breach or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination event of a Material Contract default, or resulted in a material liabilityevent or condition that, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a violation, breach or event of default thereunder, thereunder on the part of Seller or any of its Affiliates existing prior to such assumption and assignment will be fully discharged and Buyer shall have no responsibility therefor except for defaults which any Assumed Cure Costs. To the Knowledge of Seller, no other party to any Contract of Seller or any of its Affiliates is in default, violation or breach of such Contract, and there are no disputes pending or threatened under any such Contract other than those defaults, violations, breaches and disputes that would not, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Material Adverse Effect. In the last five years, none of Seller or any of its Affiliates has made any material claim under any Contract or resulted in a material liability for pursuant to which any of the CompanyCable Systems were acquired.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Comcast Corp), Asset Purchase Agreement (Adelphia Communications Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 4.13 of the Company SEC DocumentsParent Disclosure Letter contains a complete list, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts (together with each material amendment, modification, change or waiver thereto) by and between any Transferred Subsidiary and one or more third parties (other than this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements), pursuant to which any Transferred Subsidiary is obligated or by liable or is entitled to any rights or benefits or pursuant to which the Company any Transferred Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries properties or assets is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultsubject, in each case, in payments by the Company or which fall within any Subsidiary of the Company after the date following categories (such Contracts as are required to be set forth in Section 4.13 of the this Agreement Parent Disclosure Letter, the "Material Contracts"): (other a) each advertising and sponsorship Contract pursuant to which payment of more than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)$100,000 annually is required to be paid to any Transferred Subsidiary; (ivb) any each Contract that (1) is providing for the sale, lease or other disposition of a material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent portion of the other party thereto upon a change in control assets of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Transferred Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (viic) each material Contract relating to the production or licensing of any programming for any Network; (d) each affiliation, distribution, carriage or similar agreement between any Transferred Subsidiary (or under which any Transferred Subsidiary is bound or is liable or pursuant to which any Transferred Subsidiary or any of its properties or assets is subject) and any of its affiliates, distributors, carriers, over-the-air broadcast operators and multichannel video programming distributors, in which such affiliate, distributor, carrier or operator accounts for at least 50,000 subscribers to a Network operated by such Transferred Subsidiary as of July 31, 2006; (e) each material definitive rights agreement relating to the telecast of professional, collegiate conference, university or high school sports teams or any sports related tournaments or events on any Network; (f) each Contract pursuant to which any Transferred Subsidiary is obligated (or assuming performance of any Contract in effect at the Companydate hereof, Subsidiary would be obligated) to any Person for payments in respect of capital expenditures in excess of $1,000,000; (g) each currently effective joint venture or partnership or similar agreement and each Contract providing for the Companyformation of a joint venture, limited liability company, long-term alliance or partnership or involving an equity investment; (h) each currently effective Contract (including any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for Employment Agreements) which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; materially restricts the ability of any Transferred Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates or the Transferred Business to engage in any business activity in any geographic area or line of business following the Closing or (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to materially restricts the Company ability of any Transferred Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of its Affiliates or the Company, and (C) leasesTransferred Business to compete with any Person following the Closing; (viiii) each Contract (or group of related Contracts) under which there has been created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed any Indebtedness, or that relates to the lending or advancing of amounts or investment in any other Person, in each case, in excess of $100,000, or providing for the creation of any Encumbrance securing an obligation likely to exceed $100,000 upon any asset of any Transferred Subsidiary; (j) each lease, sublease or similar agreement relating to tangible personal property used or held for use in the Transferred Business, for an annual rent in excess of $100,000, or agreement regarding the purchase of real property; (k) each currently effective material Real Property Lease; (l) any currently effective Contract providing for indemnification concerning the marketing or guarantee distribution by third parties of any products or services of the obligations Transferred Business (including any Contract requiring the payment of any sales or marketing or distribution commissions or granting to any Person rights to market, distribute or sell such products or services) involving sales of products of more than $100,000 annually; (m) any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, currently effective Contract which was entered into other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, involving payments to or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to from third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during over the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000such Contract; and (xivn) each satellite and transponder agreement to which any Contract that restricts Transferred Subsidiary is a party or otherwise limits pursuant to which any Transferred Subsidiary or under which any Transferred Subsidiary is bound or is liable or pursuant to which any Transferred Subsidiary or any of its properties or assets is subject. Parent has made available to LMC or its Representatives (as defined below) correct and complete copies of all such Material Contracts (other than such Material Contracts referenced in Section 4.13(n) pursuant to which the payment Transferred Subsidiaries shall have no liabilities or obligations of dividends or any kind after Closing other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock than pursuant to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (bTechnical Services Agreement) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each with all amendments thereto. Each such Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force binding and effect enforceable against a Transferred Subsidiary and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except and is in full force and effect, subject to expiration in accordance with its terms. Except as set forth in Section 4.13 of the extent enforceability may be limited by Parent Disclosure Letter, none of the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability Transferred Subsidiaries is considered in a proceeding at Law material default under or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under of any such Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityand no event has occurred that, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time time, or both both, would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in such a material liability for default. Except as set forth in Section 4.13 of the CompanyParent Disclosure Letter, each of the other parties to the Material Contracts has performed in all material respects all of the obligations required to be performed by it under, and is not in material default under, any such Material Contract, and to the Knowledge of Parent, no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a material default.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Share Exchange Agreement (News Corp), Share Exchange Agreement (Liberty Media Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts Other than any Contract filed as exhibits an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except Contract that is of a nature required to be filed as set forth in an exhibit to a report or filing under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. Section 4.12(a3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains Letter sets forth a true and complete and accurate list of all Material each of the following Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets or businesses are bound (and any amendments, supplements and modifications thereto): (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contractmaterial contractshall mean pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (ii) any Contract that is a non-competition Contract or other Contract that (A) purports to limit in any material respect either the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ ability to compete in any type of the following to business in which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party (or, after the Effective Time, Parent or by any of its Subsidiaries) or any of their respective Affiliates, may engage or the manner or geographic area in which any of them may so engage in any business, (B) would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after the Subsidiaries Effective Time, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) or any of their respective Affiliates as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (C) is a Contract that grants “most favored nation” or similar status that, following the Effective Time, would apply to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) contains any “exclusivity” or similar provision or otherwise prohibits or limits, in any material respect, the right of the Company are bound as or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after the Effective Time, would prohibit or limit, in any material respect, the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) to make, sell, market, advertise or distribute any products or services or use, transfer, license, distribute or enforce any of their respective Intellectual Property rights; (E) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or obtain a minimum or specified amount of any product or service from any Person; or (F) that involves the obligation or potential obligation of the date Company or any of this Agreement. (i) its Subsidiaries to make any “material contractearn-out(as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required or similar payments to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementany Person; (iiiii) any Contract under which any Acquired Company has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $2,500,000 (except for such indebtedness between the Acquired Companies or guaranties by any Acquired Company of indebtedness of any Acquired Company); (iv) any Contract relating to any material joint venture or partnership; (v) any Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made or received payments of more than $5,000,000 during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2014 or reasonably expects to make or receive payments of more than $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2015 and, in either case, is not terminable upon notice of 30 days or less without penalty; (vi) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by restricts or prohibits the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not (or after the Effective Time would restrict or prohibit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) from hiring or soliciting any individual to engage in any line of business perform employment or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsconsulting services; (iiivii) any contract containing Contract relating to any “earn-out” material dealer, reseller, remarketer, distribution, joint marketing, affiliate or other development, delivery, manufacturing or similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to agreement under which the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries made payments of more than $5,000,000 during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2014; (viii) any Contract that contains a standstill or similar restriction enforceable against the Company has or any remaining liability as of its Subsidiaries; (ix) any Contract for the date lease of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments real property by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries that by its terms calls for aggregate annual rent payments of more than $1,000,000 by the Company and its Subsidiaries; (x) any employment Contract that requires aggregate payments with respect to annual salary and target bonus in excess of $1,000,000 on an annual basis and is not terminable without cause by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by notice of not more than 30 days and without any termination payment or penalty, or any severance Contract; (xi) any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor organization, union or association; (xii) any Contract that grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or other similar rights to any person with respect to any material asset of the Company after and its Subsidiaries; (xiii) any Contract that relates to any material interest rate, derivatives or hedging transaction (including with respect to commodities); (xiv) any Contract that relates to the date acquisition or disposition of the this Agreement any business, capital stock or assets (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), other than contingent payment arrangements entered into a Contract to purchase goods or services in the ordinary course of business); (iv) , under which the Company or any Contract of its Subsidiaries has any outstanding contingent or other obligations that (1) is are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (vxv) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company purports to indemnify or hold harmless any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person director, officer or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company Constituent Documents or organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries); and (xvi) any Contract to which any holder of capital stock or other securities of the Company is a party or that is required to be disclosed by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. Each such Contract as described in this Section 3.15(a) or Section 3.18(c) or listed in Section 3.15(a) or Section 3.18(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, a “Material Contract”. (b) True and complete copies of all Material Contracts of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been made available to Parent in accordance with all applicable Laws. For purposes of this Agreement, “Contract” means any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, arrangement, undertaking, purchase order, bid, agreement, lease or other than non-exclusive licenses granted instrument or obligation (whether written or oral), together with all amendments thereto. Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to third parties the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except in each case for such failures to be valid and binding or to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the ordinary course aggregate, have not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Except, individually or in the aggregate, as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in Section 3.15(b) of business the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no default under any Contract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageSubsidiaries party thereto or, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist no event has occurred that with notice or the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunderthereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Ingredion Inc), Merger Agreement (Penford Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as As of the date of this Agreement, none of neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to Contract (whether written or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. oral): (i) any which is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KK of the SEC) required to be performed in full or in part after the date of this Agreement that has not been filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents; (ii) which constitutes a contract or commitment relating to indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property (in either case, whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset) in excess of $100,000; or (iii) which contains any provision that would be reasonably expected to materially restrict or alter the conduct of business of any Affiliate of the Company (or any Affiliate of any such Affiliate of the Company), other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any director, officer or employee of any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Each contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding of the type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.12, whether or not set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Company SEC Documents, is referred to herein as a “Disclosed Contract” (for purposes of clarification, each “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) to be performed after the date of this Agreement, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior is a Company Contract). (i) Each Company Contract that is not a Disclosed Contract is valid and binding on the Company and any of its Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, as applicable, and in full force and effect, except where the failure to the date of this Agreement; be valid, binding and in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary and each of the its Subsidiaries has performed all obligations required to be performed by it to date under each Company Contract, except where such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businesshave a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; and (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing knows of, or collaboration with respect tohas received notice of, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations existence of any other Person that would be material to event or condition which constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both, will constitute, a default on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course part of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) Subsidiaries under any such Company Contract, except where such default would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Disclosed Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of is valid and binding on the Company or and any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting its Subsidiaries that is a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesparty thereto, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, and in full force and effect and binding upon effect, other than any such Disclosed Contracts that expire or are terminated after the Company date hereof in accordance with their terms or amended by agreement with the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto counterparty thereto; provided that if any such Disclosed Contract is so amended in accordance with its terms after the date hereof (except provided such amendment is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement), then to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect representation and warranty contained in this sentence is made or deemed made as of applicable bankruptcyany date that is after the date of such amendment, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material reference to “Disclosed Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination first clause of this sentence shall be deemed to be a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor reference to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companysuch contract as so amended.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Theragenics Corp), Merger Agreement (Michas Alexis P)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.15 of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter lists, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none each of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) following types of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the is bound and under which any party thereto has continuing rights or obligations (in each case, other than any Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.Plan): (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Securities Act or disclosed by the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementon a Current Report on Form 8-K; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by limits the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line of businessgeographic area, or that restricts the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries (Bor, following the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” to sell to or similar provisionspurchase from any Person or to hire any Person; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a joint venture (whether formed as a partnership, limited liability company or other entity) or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)arrangement; (iv) any Contract relating to Indebtedness and having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $2,000,000; (v) any Contract providing for the supply of inventory or other goods to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or that (1) provides for the distribution of any such inventory or goods, and that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (vi) any Contract that is a license agreement that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest its Subsidiaries is a party and licenses in any other Person Intellectual Property or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000licenses out Intellectual Property, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business;license agreements for software that is generally commercially available; or (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary with any Governmental Entity. Each contract of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating type described above is referred to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases;herein as a “Material Contract.” (viiii) any Each Material Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to is valid and binding on the Company and its SubsidiariesSubsidiaries party thereto and, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in all material respects in accordance with its terms (except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium moratorium, reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of or by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The ; (ii) the Company and the Company each of its Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofand, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under each Material Contract; and (iii) there is no default under any Material Contract by the Company does or any of its Subsidiaries or any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderon the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto under any such Material Contract, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any notice of any such default, event or condition, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of aggregate, a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyAdverse Effect. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Southeastern Grocers, LLC), Merger Agreement (Winn Dixie Stores Inc)

Contracts. The Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has heretofore furnished to Parent complete and accurate copies of (or, if oral, the Company Disclosure Schedule states all material provisions of), (a) Except every employment, material consulting, severance or change of control agreement or arrangement for the benefit of any director, officer, employee, other person or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary or any affiliate thereof in effect as of the date of this Agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets is bound, and except for Contracts filed (b) every contract with physicians, scientific advisory board members or material consultants in effect as exhibits of the date of this Agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their properties or assets is bound. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in material violation of or in default under any contract, plan, agreement, understanding, arrangement or obligation that is material to the Company SEC Documentsand its Subsidiaries considered as a whole, as except for such violations or defaults that could not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, none of neither the Company or its Subsidiaries nor any Subsidiary is a party to any contract, plan, agreement, understanding, arrangement or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. obligation (i) which materially restricts the Company's, or after the Merger would materially restrict the Surviving Corporation's or Parent's, ability to conduct any material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) line of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documentsbusiness, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by which imposes on the Company or any Subsidiary of material obligations (including, without limitation, to pay material milestone payments or material license fees) not reflected in the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessCompany's financial statements included within the Company's SEC Filings, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant that would be required to be filed with the SEC in a filing to which the Company any Subsidiary paragraph (b)(10) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K of the Company Rules and Regulations of the SEC is applicable, which has any remaining liability not been so filed. To the Company's knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement that could resulthereof, in each caseWorld Medical is not a party to any contract, in payments by the Company plan, agreement, understanding, arrangement or any Subsidiary of the Company obligation which materially restricts World Medical's, or after the date of Merger would materially restrict the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course Surviving Corporation's or Parent's, ability to conduct any material line of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Arterial Vascular Engineering Inc), Merger Agreement (Medtronic Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list Letter lists each of all Material the following types of Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to S K under the Securities Act or disclosed by the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementon a Current Report on Form 8 K; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by limits the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line of businessgeographic area, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which that restricts the Company any Subsidiary right of the Company has any remaining liability as and its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the date transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company Parent or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries, including the Company after Surviving Corporation) to sell to or purchase from any Person or to hire any Person (but specifically excluding any provisions regarding the date non-solicitation or non-hire of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements employees or consultants contained in Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iii) any joint venture, partnership, limited liability or other similar agreement or arrangement; (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) Indebtedness pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of has obligations exceeding $500,000250,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business; (viiv) any Contract involving outstanding obligations, or pursuant to which the CompanyCompany may assume or incur potential liabilities, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating with respect to the researchacquisition or disposition, developmentdirectly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), supplyof assets or capital stock or other equity interests, manufacture for aggregate consideration (in one or marketing of, a series of transactions) under such Contract of $250,000 or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding more (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into acquisitions or dispositions of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (vi) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has “earn-out” obligations that could result in payments in excess of $100,000 after the date of this Agreement; (vii) any Contract that by its terms calls for aggregate payment or receipt by the Company and its Subsidiaries under such Contract of more than $250,000 over the remaining term of such Contract, other than customer or supplier Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (viii) any Contract that provides for any standstill obligations; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries to make any capital commitment or loan in an amount in excess of $250,000 individually; (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties x) any Contract not entered into in the ordinary course of business by between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of , on the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or one hand, and any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or thereof other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or than any Subsidiary of the Company; (xi) any Contract with respect to network infrastructure or indefeasible rights of use of capacity or infrastructure (any such Contract, an “IRU”), each with a term of more than five (5) years; (xii) any Contract that provides employment, severance, retention or consulting agreements or agreements providing for severance payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery other benefits by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries in the event of the Company sale or “change of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on control” of the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014);; or (xiii) any customer, client, supply Contract with a Major Supplier or vendor Contract Major Customer that involved consideration payable by or requires a consent to the Company or any Subsidiary a “change of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary control” of the Company or prohibits its Subsidiaries or that would or would reasonably be expected to prevent, delay or impair the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary consummation of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated transactions contemplated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to this Agreement. Each contract of the type described in clauses (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or through (iixiii) any is referred to herein as a “Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company.”

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (American Fiber Systems, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Fibernet Telecom Group Inc\)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Section 4.14 of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material the following Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementhereof (each, a “Material Contract” shall mean and collectively the “Material Contracts”): (i) any Contract (including purchase orders) that involves performance of the following services or delivery of goods or materials by or to which the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of an amount or value in excess of $25,000 individually or $75,000 in the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed aggregate with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementsame counterparty; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by relating to capital expenditures and involving future payments in excess of $10,000 individually or $25,000 in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsaggregate; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of Contract that expires more than one year after the date of this Agreement (including any Contract that could resultrenews automatically unless a party to such Contract gives notice of non-renewal), in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements except for non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business), employment agreements entered into on the Company’s standard form of employee agreement, licenses for Shrink-Wrapped Code and licenses of Open Source; (iv) any Contract with support obligations that cannot be terminated with ninety (190) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Companydays’ notice without penalty; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition providing for indemnification by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries of assets whose valueany Person, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary Contracts entered in the ordinary course of business the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personpurpose of which is not indemnification and where such indemnification is ancillary to the primary purpose of such Contracts; (vi) any mortgagesdealer, indenturesdistributor, guaranteesreseller, loans sales representative, affiliate, joint marketing, strategic alliance, or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businesssimilar Contract; (vii) (A) any Contract (other than those required to be disclosed pursuant to which the CompanySection 4.14(a)(xix) hereof) with any current shareholder, Subsidiary officer or director of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations“affiliate” or “associate” of such persons (as such terms are defined in the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act) (any of the foregoing, rights a “Related Party”), including any Contract providing for the furnishing of services by, rental of real or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing ofpersonal property from, or collaboration with respect tootherwise requiring payments to or from any Related Party, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leasesother Affiliate Agreement; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee limiting the ability of the obligations Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage or participate, or compete with any other Person, in any line of business, market or geographic area, or to make use of any Intellectual Property, or any Contract granting most favored nation pricing, exclusive sales, distribution, marketing or other Person that would be material exclusive rights, rights of refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights and/or terms to any Person, or any Contract otherwise materially limiting the right of the Company and or any of its SubsidiariesSubsidiaries to sell, taken as a wholedistribute or manufacture any products or services or to purchase or otherwise obtain any Intellectual Property, other than any such contracts software, components, parts, subassemblies or services; (ix) all IP Contracts, excluding licenses for only Shrink-Wrapped Code, licenses of Open Source set forth in Section 4.12(r) of the Disclosure Schedule, non-disclosure Contracts entered into the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, Contracts for the sale, license, support or service of Company Products in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicepractice pursuant to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ standard customer Contract, the form of which has been made available to Buyer; (ixx) all licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts pursuant to which the Company or any Contract that provides for of its Subsidiaries has agreed to any restriction on the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property right of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries to use or enforce any Company Intellectual Property or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries agrees to encumber, transfer or sell rights in or with respect to any Intellectual Property that are, or were, Company Intellectual Property; (xi) any Contract providing for the development of any Intellectual Property, independently or jointly, by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any of their respective Employees and Contractors; (xii) any trust, loan agreement, indenture, note, bond, debenture or any other document or Contract evidencing Indebtedness to any Person, any capitalized lease obligation, or any commitment to provide any of the Company foregoing, or any agreement of guaranty, or other similar commitment with respect to the obligations or Liabilities of any other Person; (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in xiii) any Contract for the ordinary course disposition of any material portion of the assets or business (whether by merger, sale of shares, sale of assets or otherwise) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xxiv) any Contract for the acquisition of the business or capital stock of another party (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise); (xv) any hedging, futures or other derivative Contract; (xvi) any Contract concerning a joint venture, joint development or other similar arrangement with one or more Persons; (xvii) any (A) Contract, including any stock option plan, stock appreciation rights plan, stock purchase plan or phantom stock plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated or may be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (B) Share Restriction Agreement; (xviii) any Contract creating any obligation with respect to the payment of any severance, retention, bonus, success, change of control or other similar payment to any Person the payment or acceleration of which is triggered by the Company entering into this Agreement, or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any subsequent transactions or events; (xix) any Contract for the employment or engagement of any director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other type of Contract with any officer, employee, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not immediately terminable by the Company or such Company’s Subsidiary without cost or Liability, including any Contract requiring it to make a payment to any director, officer, employee or consultant on account of the Acquisition (other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement and other than Company Options award agreements); (xx) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company labor union or any Subsidiary of collective bargaining agreement or similar contract with the Company Company’s or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharesits Subsidiaries’ employees; (xixxi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on settlement agreement with respect to any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the CompanyAction; (xiixxii) any Contract that provides for payments by with any investment banker, broker, advisor or to the Company similar party, or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annumaccountant, legal counsel or the delivery other Person retained by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries, in connection with this Agreement and the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014)transactions contemplated hereby; (xiiixxiii) any customerlease of personal property or other Contract materially affecting the ownership of, clientleasing of, supply or vendor other interest in, any personal property; (xxiv) any Real Property Lease; (xxv) any Contract that involved consideration payable as a result of the execution of this Agreement by or to the Company would require the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries to provide notice to another Person or take any other action not otherwise required under the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess terms of $500,000 such Contract, or that is reasonably likely would give rise to involved consideration payable by any additional rights or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000obligations under such Contract; andor (xivxxvi) any other Contract that restricts involves $10,000 individually or otherwise limits $25,000 in the payment of dividends aggregate or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companymore and is not cancellable without penalty within thirty (30) days. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsTrue, complete and correct copies of each Material Contract required (including all amendments thereto) have been made available to be filed as an exhibit Buyer. Each Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and, to (i) the Knowledge of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for , each other party thereto, enforceable against the year ended December 31Company or one of its Subsidiaries, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Kand, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, in accordance with its terms, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon with respect to the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryand its Subsidiaries, and as applicable, and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, binding upon the each other parties thereto in accordance with its terms party thereto, subject to (except i) laws of general application relating to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally insolvency and the effect relief of general principles debtors, and (ii) rules of equitylaw governing specific performance, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity)injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. The Company and the Company each of its Subsidiaries have is in material compliance with and has not received any claim of a material breach materially breached, violated or violation ofdefaulted under, or are not in default under received written notice that it has materially breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in nor, to the aggregate have not resulted in termination Knowledge of a the Company, is any other party to any Material Contract in material breach, violation or resulted in a default thereunder. (c) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has performed all material liability, nor obligations required to have been performed by the knowledge Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to each Material Contract. (d) All outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company does or its Subsidiaries may be prepaid without penalty, premium or other costs of any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companykind beyond principal and accrued interest.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Share Purchase Agreement, Share Purchase Agreement (Mimecast LTD)

Contracts. (a) Section 4.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of each Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the ten largest customers of the health management services business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the five largest customers of the fitness management services business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case on the basis of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009, on the other hand. Except as set forth in Section 4.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, and except for this Agreement and except for Contracts as filed as exhibits to with the Company SEC DocumentsSEC, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or is bound by any Material Contract, except Contract that (a) would be required to be filed by the Company as set forth in Section 4.12(aa “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries Securities Act, (b) is a party as non-competition Contract or other Contract that (i) purports to limit in any material respect either the type of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to business in which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party (or, after the payment by Merger Sub for Shares pursuant to the Offer, Parent or by any of its Subsidiaries) or any of their respective Affiliates may engage or the manner or geographic area in which any of them may so engage in any business, (ii) would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, after the Subsidiaries Acceptance Time, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) or any of their respective Affiliates as a result of the Company are bound as consummation of the date of transactions contemplated by this Agreement. , (iiii) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any a Contract that contains (A) grants “most favored nation” status to any covenant by Person that, following the Acceptance Time, would apply to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage its Subsidiaries, and affects in any line material respect the pricing of business any products or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments services by the Company of any of its Subsidiaries or, following the Acceptance Time, Parent or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement its Subsidiaries (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to including the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company ) or (2iv) would require the Company prohibits or any successor thereto to make limits, in any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of respect, the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property right of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, after the Acceptance Time, would prohibit or limit, in any material respect, the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) to make, sell or distribute any products or services or use, transfer, license, distribute or enforce any of their respective Intellectual Property rights, or (c) under which any Acquired Company has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $200,000 (except for such indebtedness between the Acquired Companies or guaranties by any Acquired Company of indebtedness of any Acquired Company) (each such Contract as described in this Section 4.15 or listed in Section 4.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, a “Material Contract”). True and complete copies of all Material Contracts of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been made available to Parent. For purposes of this Agreement, “Contract” means any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease or other instrument or obligation (whether written or oral), together with all amendments thereto. Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, any other than non-exclusive licenses granted party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except in each case for such failures to third parties be valid and binding or to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the ordinary course aggregate, have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Except, individually or in the aggregate, as has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in Section 4.15 of business the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no default under any Contract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageSubsidiaries party thereto or, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist no event has occurred that with notice or the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunderthereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries party thereto or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Trustco Holdings, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Health Fitness Corp /MN/)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement as set forth in Section 5.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except for Contracts any Contract filed as exhibits an exhibit to any Company Report filed between January 1, 2014 and the Company SEC Documentsdate hereof, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any: (i) Contract required to be filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (ii) Contract with respect to any Material Contractpartnership, except as set forth joint venture, limited liability or similar arrangement or agreement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture with a third Person material to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in Section 4.12(awhich the Company owns any interest valued at more than $25,000,000 without regard to percentage voting or economic interest; (iii) Contract that grants any rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or other similar rights to any Person with respect to the sale of any material business of the Company Disclosure Schedule and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or of any Subsidiary of the Company that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iv) Contract (x) material to any line of business of, or material geographic region in which contains a complete material portion of the business of, the Company and accurate list its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is conducted or (y) that to the Knowledge of all Material the Company as of the date hereof, would following the Effective Time, purport to bind Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Surviving Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries) in a way that would be material to the life science tools and performance materials businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries, in the case of clauses (x) and (y), containing covenants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case purporting to limit in any material respect any (A) line of business, (B) type of product or service, and channel of distribution, or field of commercial endeavor or (C) geographical area in which or with regard to which the Company, its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, Parent or any Affiliate of Parent (including the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries) may operate excluding, in each case, Contracts which limit the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries to use assets or properties of the counterparty to such Contract (or any Affiliate of such counterparty) and any license of Intellectual Property that purports to limit the scope of use thereof; (v) Collective Bargaining Agreement (excluding agreements with terms set by applicable Law); (vi) Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, or has guaranteed, any Indebtedness in an amount in excess of $50,000,000 outstanding (other than intercompany indebtedness); (vii) each Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of for the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean direct or indirect acquisition or disposition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of properties, assets, capital stock or businesses (including by way of a put, call, right of first refusal or similar right pursuant to which the following Company could be required to purchase or sell) for, in each case, aggregate consideration of more than $50,000,000, which has not yet been consummated or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing material warranty, indemnity or “earn-out” obligations (or other current, future or contingent material obligations), except in each case for acquisitions and dispositions of properties and assets in the Subsidiaries ordinary course of the Company is a party business (including acquisitions of supplies and acquisitions and dispositions of inventory); (viii) Contract containing any standstill or by similar agreement pursuant to which any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed not to acquire assets or securities of another Person that may reasonably be expected to bind the Subsidiaries Surviving Corporation or any of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documentsits Affiliates on or after March 31, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement2015; (iiix) Contract (or series of related Contracts) with any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by agency or department of the United States federal government or other Governmental Entity, or other Government Contract, for the purchase of goods and/or services from the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not its Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, result in payments by to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date its Subsidiaries in excess of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into $25,000,000 in the ordinary course of business)any fiscal year; (ivx) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires that prohibits the consent payment of dividends or distributions in respect of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person capital stock or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary ownership interests of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to or other ownership interests of the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.; (bxi) Except for Material Contracts Contract material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and concerning Intellectual Property pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or their assets are bound or otherwise benefits, including any Contract material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, under which (A) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is granted any right, title or interest in or to any Intellectual Property, (B) any Person is granted any right, title or interest in or to any Intellectual Property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, in the case of clause (A) or (B), any license or any other right to use or otherwise exploit, any assignment of, any option, right of first or last refusal, or similar right in respect of, any royalty or revenue interest relating to, and any right to research, develop or manufacture, distribute, market, sell or otherwise commercialize any Intellectual Property related to any products of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and that have expired is otherwise material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (iC) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31or any of its Subsidiaries’ use of any Intellectual Property owned by, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Kexclusively licensed to, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is restricted (including by any coexistence agreement, settlement agreement, covenant not to ▇▇▇ or any other forbearance or restriction) (collectively, “IP Contracts”), provided, that the applicable following IP Contracts shall not be required to be set forth in Section 5.19(a) of the Company SubsidiaryDisclosure Schedule: (1) licenses for commercial “off-the-shelf” or “shrink-wrap” software that have not been modified or customized for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and that are not material to the conduct of the business of any member of the Company Group, and (2) nondisclosure agreements, consulting agreements, materials transfer agreements or evaluation agreements that are not material to any product or to the knowledge conduct of the Company, binding upon business of a Company Group member; (xii) Contract to which the other parties thereto in accordance with Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party that would reasonably be expected to require by its terms (except to aggregate payments by any party thereto of more than $25,000,000 in any fiscal year after the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contractdate hereof, except for defaults any such Contract that may be cancelled by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without any material penalty or other liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, upon notice of 90 days or less; or (xiii) Contract pursuant to which individually the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made any loan to any Person that has an outstanding principal balance as of the date hereof of more than $15,000,000 (other than to the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries and other than extensions of trade credit in the aggregate have not resulted in termination ordinary course of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that business consistent with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companypast practice).

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (Sigma Aldrich Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for All Contracts, including amendments thereto, required to be filed with the Securities Authorities on or after January 1, 2020, pursuant to Securities Laws have been filed. All such filed Contracts filed as exhibits will be deemed to have been made available to NXDT. (b) Other than the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth Contracts described in Section 4.12(a4.16(a), Section 4.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains Letter sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party list, in each case as of the date hereof, of this Agreement. For each Contract (or the accurate description of principal terms in case of oral Contracts), including all purposes of amendments, supplements and under this Agreementside letters thereto that modify each such Contract in any material respect, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of their respective assets are subject that: (i) is a limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or joint venture agreement or similar Contract with a third party; (ii) is a Management Agreement; (iii) is a Material Company Lease; (iv) is a Material Company Space Lease; (v) is a franchise, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting or advertising Contract; (vi) contains covenants of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries purporting to limit, in any material respect, either the type of business in which the Company or any of the Company are bound as Subsidiaries or any of their affiliates may engage or the geographic area in which any of them may so engage; (vii) evidences Indebtedness for borrowed money or any capitalized lease obligations and other Indebtedness to any Person, (A) in excess of $100,000 of the date Company or any of this Agreement.the Company Subsidiaries, whether unsecured or secured or (B) secured by Owned Real Property (such Contracts, the “Existing Loan Documents”); (iviii) provides for the purchase, sale, assignment, ground leasing or disposition of or a Transfer Right to purchase, sell, dispose of, assign or ground lease, in each case, by merger, purchase or sale of assets or stock or otherwise, directly or indirectly, any (A) real property (including any Owned Real Property or any portion thereof) or equity interests of any Person or (B) any other material asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with a fair market value or purchase price greater than $200,000; (ix) except for any capital contribution requirements as set forth in the Organizational Documents of any Person set forth in Section 4.17(b)(ix) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or with respect to any Development Project, (A) requires the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any investment (in each case, in the form of a loan, capital contribution or similar transaction) in any Company Subsidiary or other Person in excess of $100,000 or (B) evidences a loan (whether secured or unsecured) made to, or on behalf of, any other Person in excess of $100,000; (x) relates to the settlement (or proposed settlement) of any pending or threatened suit or proceeding, other than any settlement that provides solely for the payment of less than $250,000 in cash (net of any amount covered by insurance or indemnification that is reasonably expected to be received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary); (xi) with any current executive officer, director or trustee of the Company, as applicable, or any of the Company Subsidiaries, any shareholder of the Company beneficially owning 5% or more of outstanding Company Capital Shares or, to the knowledge of the Company, any member of the material contractimmediate family” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) 404 of Regulation S-KK promulgated under the Securities Act) required of any of the foregoing (xii) constitutes an interest rate cap, interest rate collar, interest rate swap or other Contract or agreement relating to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementa holding transaction; (iixiii) is a severance, or change of control agreement or provides for indemnification or holding harmless of any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company officer, manager, director, trustee or employee, or is an employment, staffing, independent contractor, professional employer organization, staffing company, temporary employment agency, or leased employee agreement or arrangement, or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionscollective bargaining agreement; (iiixiv) any contract containing any has continuing “earn-out” or other similar contingent purchase price payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultobligations, in each casecase that could result in payments, in payments by the Company individually or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course aggregate, with a value in excess of business);$100,000; or (ivxv) governs the formation, creation, governance, economics or control of any Contract joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance or other similar arrangement (or sets forth the materials terms thereof) that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control business of the Company or (2) would require and the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than with respect to any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract partnership that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business is wholly owned by the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries;; or (xxvi) any Contract with any is not described in clauses (xi) Governmental Authority through (xiv) above and calls for or guarantees (yA) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for aggregate payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of and the Company Subsidiaries of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in more than $500,000 per annum, during over the remaining term thereof of such Contract or (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account B) annual aggregate payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary and the Company Subsidiaries of more than $100,000. Each Contract of a type described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 4.16 is referred to in this Agreement as a “Company Material Contract.” The Company has made available to NXDT true and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts as of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securitiesdate hereof, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companyincluding amendments and supplements thereto. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) Neither the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) Company nor any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑KSubsidiary is in (or has received any written claim of) breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract, is validand, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a breach or default thereunderthereunder by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case, except for defaults which as would not, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination a Company Material Adverse Effect and (ii) to the knowledge of a the Company, no other party to any Company Material Contract is in breach of or resulted in default under the terms of any Company Material Contract where such breach or default would reasonably be expected to have a material liability for Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, each Company Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto and is in full force and effect, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries in any material respect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust), Merger Agreement (Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as As of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term item is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K), (ii) required any joint venture agreement and (iii) other than the Pharmacy Agreement with Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a true and complete copy of which has been provided to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) hereof, any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by agreement which does or may establish the terms under which the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries will receive payment for providing products or services to the Company not to engage in sponsors or beneficiaries of any line of business or to compete with Part D plan (as such term is defined at 42 C.F.R. Section 423.4), including any Person in any line of businessPart D plan which has not, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resulthereof, in each case, in payments been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a Part D plan, but for which such approval is being sought. Prior to the date hereof, the Company or any Subsidiary has provided to Buyer access to substantially all of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company customer or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant provider agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiary is a party to or bound by. As of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of date hereof, to the Company’s actual knowledge (without inquiry), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or (C) bound by, any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company written or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, oral non-competition agreement or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights agreement or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture arrangement that may limit or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which otherwise materially restrict the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates or any successor thereto, or that would, after the Company is Effective Time, limit or restrict Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) or any successor thereto, from engaging or competing in any line of business currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a licensein, or the development (excluding contracts with employeesproposed to be engaged in, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;Subsidiaries in any geographic area or with respect to any customer or potential customer. For purposes of this Agreement, the types of agreements or arrangements described in this Section 5.14(a) are collectively referred to as “Company Agreements.” (xb) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer Each of the Company Agreements is a valid and binding obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary one of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageits Subsidiaries and, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, the valid and binding upon the obligation of each other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity)party thereto. The Company and Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach is or violation ofis alleged to be nor, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company, is any other party thereto, in breach or violation of or in default in respect of, any Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunderAgreements, except for defaults any breach, violation or default which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of aggregate, a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for Adverse Effect on the Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Omnicare Inc), Merger Agreement (Omnicare Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Part 2.8 of the Company SEC Documents, Disclosure Schedule contains a list as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any each of the following contracts to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries a Company Subsidiary is a party (each such contract (x) required to be listed in Part 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (y) that is a party Company IP License, or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound (z) that is filed as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KK under the Exchange Act) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Most Recent Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with 10-K under the SEC, Exchange Act prior to the date of this Agreement (other than any Company Plan), being referred to as a “Material Contract”): (a) each contract that restricts in any material respect the ability of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of them to compete in any geographic area or line of business, or solicit any client or customer (or that would so restrict Parent, any Parent Subsidiary or any Affiliate following the Closing); (b) each joint venture agreement or similar agreement with a third party; (c) each contract (other than any Organizational Document) between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any director, officer or Affiliate (other than a wholly owned Company Subsidiary) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective “associates” or “immediate family” members (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 and Rule 16a-1 of the Exchange Act), on the other hand, including (but not limited to) any contract pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has an obligation to indemnify such director, officer, Affiliate or “associate” or “immediate family” member, but excluding any Company Plan; (d) each material acquisition or divestiture contract or material licensing agreement that contains any material indemnification obligations or any “earnout” or other material contingent payment obligations that are outstanding obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement; (iie) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant each loan or credit agreement, indenture, mortgage, note or other contract evidencing indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary from a third party lender, and each contract pursuant to which any such indebtedness for borrowed money is guaranteed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in each case in excess of $10,000,000; (f) each contract expressly limiting or restricting the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (i) to make distributions or declare or pay dividends in respect of their capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests, as the case may be, (ii) to make loans to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (iii) to grant liens on the property of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (g) each contract that obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person, except for (i) loans or advances for indemnification, attorneys’ fees, or travel and other business expenses in the ordinary course of business, (ii) extended payment terms for customers in the ordinary course of business, (iii) prepayment of Taxes for repatriated employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (iv) loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person that is not an Affiliate or employee of the Company not in excess of $10,000,000 individually; (h) each contract that grants any right of first refusal or right of first offer or similar right with respect to any assets, rights or properties of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (i) for, or that would reasonably be expected to result in, total consideration of more than $10,000,000 or (ii) with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000; (i) each contract (excluding (i) purchase orders given or received in the ordinary course of business and (ii) contracts between the Company and any Subsidiary of the Company not or among any Subsidiaries of the Company) under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary (A) paid in excess of $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, or is expected to engage pay in any line excess of business or to compete with any Person $15,000,000 in any line of business, fiscal year 2021 or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” received in excess of $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, or similar provisionsis expected to receive in excess of $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2021; (iiij) any each material “single source” supply contract containing any “earn-out” pursuant to which goods or materials are supplied to the Company or a Company Subsidiary from a sole source; (k) each foundry agreement, each agreement relating to assembly and testing, and each agreement relating to manufacturing services; (l) each collective bargaining or other similar contingent payment obligations labor or works council agreement covering employees of the Company or a Company Subsidiary; (m) each lease involving real property pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is required to pay a monthly base rental in excess of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in $350,000; (n) each case, in payments by lease or rental contract involving personal property (and not relating primarily to real property) pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is required to make rental payments in excess of the Company after the date of the this Agreement $250,000 per month (other than contingent payment arrangements excluding leases or rental contracts for office equipment entered into in the ordinary course of business); (ivo) each contract relating to the acquisition, sale or disposition of any Contract business unit or product line of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and with any outstanding obligations that (1) is are material to the Company and its the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and as of the date of this Agreement; (p) any material Government Contract that has not been closed out; (q) each contract with any “most favored nation” provision or that otherwise requires the consent Company or any Company Subsidiary (or, following the Closing, would require Parent or any Parent Subsidiary) to conduct business with any Person on a preferential or exclusive basis, or that includes a price protection or rebate provision in favor of the counterparty to such contract; (r) each settlement agreement entered into since January 1, 2018 (i) with a Governmental Entity, (ii) that requires the Company or any Company Subsidiary to pay more than $15,000,000 after the date of this Agreement or (iii) that imposes any restrictions, other party thereto upon a change in control than immaterial restrictions, on the business of the Company or (2) would require the any Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the CompanySubsidiary; (vs) each contract with any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company Top Customer or any Subsidiary Top Distributor or Top Supplier of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as ; and (t) each contract relating to the creation of a whole, Lien (other than Company Permitted Encumbrances) with respect to any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property material asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of Company Subsidiary. There are no existing breaches or defaults on the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company or under any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgageMaterial Contract, pledgeand, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon there are no existing breaches or defaults on the part of any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default Person under any Material Contract, in each case except for where such breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract aggregate, reasonably be expected to constitute or resulted result in a material liabilityCompany Material Adverse Effect. No event has occurred or not occurred through the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s action or inaction or, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company, through the action or inaction of any condition exist that third party, that, with notice or the lapse of time or both both, would constitute a breach of or default thereunderunder the terms of any Material Contract, in each case except for where such breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted aggregate, reasonably be expected to constitute or result in termination of a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Material Contract is valid, has not been terminated prior to the date of this Agreement, is enforceable against the Company or resulted the applicable Company Subsidiary that is a party to such Material Contract, and, to the knowledge of the Company, is enforceable against the other parties thereto, in each case subject to: (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter in effect, affecting creditors’ rights generally; and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, and, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to constitute or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of each Material Contract in effect as of the date of this Agreement, together with all material liability for amendments and supplements thereto in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Prior to the date of this Agreement, no Top Customer, no Top Distributor and no Top Supplier to the Company or a Company Subsidiary has canceled, terminated or substantially curtailed its relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, given written notice to the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any intention to cancel, terminate or substantially curtail its relationship with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to do any of the foregoing.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Analog Devices Inc), Merger Agreement (Maxim Integrated Products Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Schedule 5.13 of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a an accurate and complete and accurate list of all Material the Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following types to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company Seller is a party or by which any assets of the Company Seller or any of the Subsidiaries Transferred Assets is bound and which relate exclusively to, or, except with respect to the Intellectual Property and information technology systems and related software and documentation, relate primarily to or are necessary for, the conduct of the Company are bound as Business or the ownership or operation of the date of this Agreement.Facility: (i) any “material contract” (collective bargaining agreement, as well as any document modifying, terminating or extending such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) agreement and any letters of Regulation S-K) required understanding or side agreements with respect to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementsuch agreements; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) or other arrangement of any covenant by kind between the Company Business, on the one hand, and Seller's other businesses or any Subsidiary Affiliate of Seller, on the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsother hand; (iii) any contract containing Contract with any “earn-out” officer or director of Seller or any of its Affiliates; (iv) any Contract with any employee located at the Facility involving an annual payment outside of salary and benefits in excess of $10,000; (v) any Assumed Contract with a sales representative, manufacturer's representative, promoter, producer, sponsor, distributor, dealer, broker, sales agency, advertising agency or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant Person engaged in sales, distributing or promotional activities, or any Assumed Contract to which the Company any Subsidiary act as one of the Company has foregoing on behalf of any remaining liability as Person; (vi) any Assumed Contract of any nature which involves the payment or series of payments or receipt of cash or other property, an unperformed commitment, or goods or services, or any combination thereof having a value in excess of $200,000 per annum; (vii) any Contract involving the formation or operation of a partnership, joint venture or other cooperative undertaking; (viii) any Contract involving any restrictions with respect to the geographical area of operations or scope or type of the date Business, or, to the Knowledge of this Agreement that could resultSeller, any employee of Seller engaged in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement Business (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into covenants of which the Business is a beneficiary in employment or consulting agreements); (ix) any Contract (other than this Agreement and the Related Agreements), whether or not fully performed, relating to any acquisition or disposition of Seller or any predecessor in interest to Seller, or any acquisition or disposition of any Assets (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is involving amounts in excess of $500,000250,000; and (x) any Contract containing an option to purchase or sell any Transferred Assets or assets that, (B) pursuant if sold prior to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the CompanyClosing, would have been Transferred Assets, or (C) containing any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company right of first refusal to acquire or partnership with a third Person; (vi) sell any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of creditTransferred Assets, in each case having a value in excess of $500,00050,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Joint Venture Formation Agreement (Metaldyne Corp), Joint Venture Formation Agreement (Metaldyne Corp)

Contracts. Section 3.01(i) of the Company Letter sets forth (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits with specific reference to the Company SEC Documentssubsection of this Section 3.01(i) to which such Contract relates) a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, none of: (A) each Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act that is not so filed; (B) each Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed not to compete with any person in any area or to engage in any activity or business, or pursuant to which any benefit or right is required to be given or lost, or any penalty or detriment (other than any immaterial penalty or detriment) is incurred, as a party to result of so competing or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(aengaging; (C) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean or bound providing for exclusivity or any of the following similar requirement or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is restricted in any way, or which after the Effective Time could restrict Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in any way, with respect to the development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of their respective products or services or otherwise with respect to the operation of their businesses, or pursuant to which any benefit or right is required to be given or lost, or any penalty or detriment (other than any immaterial penalty or detriment) is incurred, as a result of non-compliance with any such exclusive or restrictive requirements; (D) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by bound or with respect to which the Company or any assets of its Subsidiaries has any obligation with any affiliate of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of its Subsidiaries; (E) each Contract under which the Company are bound as or any of the date its Subsidiaries has incurred any Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount in excess of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term $1,000,000 that is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed not scheduled as an exhibit to the Company Filed SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (iiF) any each Contract that contains (A) any covenant to or by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries is a party or bound creating or granting a Lien (including Liens upon properties or assets acquired under conditional sales, capital leases or other title retention or security devices), other than (1) Liens for taxes not to engage yet due and payable, that are payable without penalty or that are being contested in any line of business good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established, (2) Liens for assessments and other governmental charges or to compete with any Person in any line of businesslandlords’, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s, workers’ or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, in each case for sums not yet due and payable or due but not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (3) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations and (4) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to adversely interfere in a material way with the use of the properties or assets encumbered thereby (collectively, “Permitted Liens”); (ivG) each material Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound (other than Benefit Plans and Benefit Agreements) containing provisions requiring consent with respect to any “change in control” or similar provision with respect to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or otherwise having the effect of providing that the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the execution, delivery or effectiveness of this Agreement will materially conflict with, result in a material violation or material breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, such Contract, or give rise under such Contract to any right of, or result in, a termination, right of first refusal, material amendment, revocation, cancelation or material acceleration of any obligation, or a loss of a material benefit or the creation of any material Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or to any increased, guaranteed, accelerated or additional material rights or material entitlements of any person; (H) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound providing for payments of royalties or other license fees to third parties in excess of $5,000,000 annually, that is not terminable by the Company without penalty on ninety days or less notice; (I) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound granting the other party to such Contract or a third party “most favored nation” pricing or terms that (1) is material applies to the Company and or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company Subsidiaries or (2) following the Effective Time, would require the Company apply to Parent or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of its Subsidiaries other than the CompanySurviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries; (vJ) any each Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries has agreed or is required to provide any third party with access to (x) source code in respect of hardware (other than board-level hardware, such as reference designs) or (y) any other source code (other than, in the case of this subclause (y), access to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice of source code that is generally made available to customers of the Company will acquire any ownership interest or its Subsidiaries, it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, the exception in any other Person this parenthetical shall not apply to access to source code to business partners or other business enterprise other than persons in connection with the development by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of hardware products or related design services), and each Contract that provides for source code of the CompanyCompany or any of its Subsidiaries to be put in escrow or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed or is required to grant a contingent license to source code; (K) each Contract containing any “non-solicitation”, “no-hire” or similar provision that restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (CL) each Contract to or by which the Company or any contract that involves of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound for any joint ventureventure (whether in partnership, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personother organizational form) or other revenue or profit sharing or similar arrangement; (viM) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans each Contract to or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for by which the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound with any Governmental Entity (other than ordinary course customer Contracts providing for payments below $5,000,000 and pursuant to which the Company is currently engaged in research counterparty does not have any rights to the Company’s Products or development, excluding Intellectual Property other than its rights to use the Product sold under such Contract as a customer); (AN) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors each Contract to or vendors providing services to by which the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound entered into in the last five years in connection with the settlement or other resolution of any suit, claim action, investigation or proceeding that has any material continuing obligation, liability or restriction on the part of the Company, and (C) leasesCompany or any of its Subsidiaries; (viiiO) each Contract between the Company or any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of its Subsidiaries and any of the obligations ten largest customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on the basis of revenues received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2010 (each such customer, a “Major Customer”, and each such Contract, a “Major Customer Contract”)); (P) each Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any of the ten largest licensors or other Person that would be material suppliers to the Company and its SubsidiariesSubsidiaries (determined on the basis of amounts paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended September 30, taken as 2010 (each such licensor or other supplier, a whole“Major Supplier”, other than any and each such contracts Contract, a “Major Supplier Contract”)); and (Q) except for Contracts with customers and purchase orders with vendors or suppliers, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any , and the Contracts disclosed above, each Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted Benefit Plans or Benefit Agreements) which has aggregate future sums due to third parties in the ordinary course of business by or from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; , taken as a whole, (xi) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the 12-month anniversary of this Agreement, in excess of $3,000,000 or (yii) director or officer in aggregate more than $10,000,000 during the life of the Contract. The Contracts of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of the type referred to in clauses (A) through (Q) of this Section 3.01 are collectively referred to in this Agreement as “Specified Contracts”. The Company has made available to Parent a complete and correct copy of each of the Specified Contracts, including all amendments thereto. Each Specified Contract and each other Contract of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any its Subsidiaries that is material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with and its Subsidiaries taken as a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof whole (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiiia “Material Contract”) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect (except for those Contracts that have expired in accordance with their terms) and is a legal, valid and binding upon agreement of the Company or the applicable Company such Subsidiary, and as the case may be, and, to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the of each other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and enforceable against the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofsuch Subsidiary, or are not in default under any Material Contractas the case may be, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityand, nor to the knowledge of the Company, against the other party or parties thereto, in each case, in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies. Each of the Company does any condition exist that and its Subsidiaries has performed or is performing all material obligations required to be performed by it under the Material Contracts and is not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a both) in breach in any material respect or default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or and, other than in the aggregate have ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, has not resulted in termination knowingly waived or failed to enforce any material rights or benefits thereunder, and, to the knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, no other party to any of the Material Contracts is (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) in breach in any material respect or default thereunder. To the knowledge of the Company, there has occurred no event giving (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) to others any right of termination, material amendment or cancelation of any Material Contract. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that are reasonably likely to occur that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform its material obligations under any Material Contract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Qualcomm Inc/De), Merger Agreement (Atheros Communications Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Section 3.29 of the date Mercer Disclosure Schedule set forth a list of each Contract, other than this Agreement, none of (collectively, the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a“Mercer Contracts”) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company Mercer or any of the Mercer Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are it is bound as of the date of this Agreement.which: (i) any is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementExchange Act); (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by obligations in excess of $100,000 or is otherwise material to the Company current business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Mercer or any Subsidiary Mercer Subsidiary, taken as a whole; (iii) contains covenants limiting or purporting to limit the freedom of Mercer or any of the Company not Mercer Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business in any geographic area or to compete with any Person in or restricting or purporting to restrict the ability of Mercer or any line of business, its Affiliates (including Buyer or (Bany of its Subsidiaries following the Merger) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsto acquire equity securities of any Person; (iiiiv) (A) obligates Mercer or any contract containing Mercer Subsidiaries or will obligate Buyer or any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which of its Subsidiaries following the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultMerger, in each case, in payments by the Company to extend most-favored nation pricing to any Person, (B) imposes exclusivity obligations on Mercer or any Mercer Subsidiary or that will impose exclusivity obligations on Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries following the Merger, in each case, with respect to customers or suppliers, or (C) imposes obligations on Mercer or any Mercer Subsidiary or will impose obligations on Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries following the Merger, in each case, with respect to non-solicitation provisions with respect to customers or suppliers; (v) relates to or contains provisions or covenants that obligate or upon the occurrence of a condition precedent will obligate Mercer or any of the Company after the date Mercer Subsidiaries to guarantee indebtedness for borrowed money; (vi) is a guaranty or contains provisions or covenants relating to indemnification or holding harmless by Mercer or any of the this Agreement Mercer Subsidiaries; (vii) relates to the acquisition or disposition of any business (whether by merger, sale or purchase of stock or assets or otherwise) and contains obligations (financial or performance) that have not been terminated or lapsed; (viii) relates to any settlement that materially affects the conduct of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or any Mercer Subsidiary’s businesses; (ix) is an employment (other than contingent payment arrangements an employment “at will”), severance, retention, incentive or similar contract applicable to any employee of Mercer or any of the Mercer Subsidiaries, including contracts to employ executive officers and other contracts with officers or directors of Mercer or any of the Mercer Subsidiaries, other than agent contracts with insurance agents; (x) any Contract to provide the source code for any software included within the Owned Business Intellectual Property to any third party; or (xi) any Contract, other than standard end-user license and sale Contracts (including “shrink-wrap” or “click-through” license agreements) and related maintenance and support Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, that (A) grants to any third party a license to use, modify, improve or reproduce any product, service or Intellectual Property of Mercer or any Mercer Subsidiary, or (B) grants to Mercer or any Mercer Subsidiary a license to use, modify, improve or reproduce any product, service or Intellectual Property of a third party. (b) With respect to each of the Mercer Contracts: (i) a complete and accurate copy of such contract has previously been made available to Buyer; (ii) such contract is (assuming due power and authority of, and due execution and delivery by, the other party or parties thereto) valid and binding upon Mercer, each Mercer Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the Knowledge of Mercer, each other party thereto and is in full force and effect; (iii) there is no material default or claim of material default thereunder by Mercer, any Mercer Subsidiary that is a party thereto or, to the Knowledge of Mercer, by any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice (or both), would constitute a material default thereunder by Mercer, any Mercer Subsidiary that is a party thereto or, to the Knowledge of Mercer, by any other party thereto, or would permit material modification, acceleration or termination thereof; (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its SubsidiariesKnowledge of Mercer, taken as no Person is challenging the validity or enforceability of any Mercer Contract, except such challenges which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a whole, and requires Material Adverse Effect; and (v) the consent consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not give rise to a right of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor parties thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation terminate or amend the terms of a change in control of such contract or impose liability under the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company terms thereof on Mercer or any of its the Mercer Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (United Fire & Casualty Co), Merger Agreement (Mercer Insurance Group Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Section 3.16 of the date of this AgreementHFP Schedule lists each contract, none of the Company agreement, arrangement, lease, instrument, mortgage or its Subsidiaries is a party commitment to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company HFP or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following or may be bound or to which the Company their respective properties or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” may be subject, excluding Financing Documents (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10hereinafter defined) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent ("Contract"), (i) which is with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides present or former employee or for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) employment of any intellectual property of the Company person or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than consultant or which is a non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course compete arrangement with any employee of business by the Company HFP or any of its Subsidiaries; ; (xii) which is a severance agreement, program or policy of HFP or any Contract such Subsidiary with or relating to its employees; (iii) under the terms of which any of the rights or obligations of a party thereto will be accelerated as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or which contain change in control provisions; (xiv) Governmental Authority which involves a material license, or other material arrangement which relates in whole or in part to any material software, patent, trademark, trade name, service ▇▇▇▇ or copyright used by HFP or any of its Subsidiaries in the conduct of its business; (v) which is an arrangement limiting or restraining HFP or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor thereto from engaging or competing in any manner or in any business; or (yvi) director or officer of the Company under which HFP or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries guarantees the Company payment or performance by others or in any Affiliate way is or will be liable with respect to material obligations of any other person. Except for this Agreement and the Company Option Agreement and as listed in the HFP 1998 Form 10-K, there are no contracts or holder of 5% or more of agreements other than the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any Contracts and the Financing Documents that are material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company business properties, assets, financial condition or any Subsidiary results of the Company in excess operations of $500,000 per annumHFP, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with taken as a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companywhole. (b) Except for Material All Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, are valid and binding and in full force and effect and binding upon as to HFP on the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge date of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (this Agreement except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect they have previously expired in accordance with their terms. None of applicable bankruptcyHFP, reorganizationany of its Subsidiaries or, insolvencyto HFP's Knowledge, moratorium or any other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equityparties, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received violated any claim of a material breach or violation provision of, or are not in default under committed or failed to perform any Material Contractact which with notice, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunderunder the provisions of, any Contract, except for defaults which as would not have, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, a HFP Material Adverse Effect. True and complete copies of all Contracts listed in Section 3.16 of the HFP Schedule or listed in the HFP 1998 Form 10-K, together with all amendments thereto through the date hereof, have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract been delivered or resulted in a material liability for the Companymade available to ▇▇▇▇▇▇.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Healthcare Financial Partners Inc), Merger Agreement (Heller Financial Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts any Contract filed as exhibits an exhibit to the Company SEC DocumentsReports, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) 4.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a lists, and the Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies (except for redactions of competitive information) of, each and accurate list every Contract (in each case, determined as of all Material Contracts the date hereof) to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is bound and which is currently in effect or under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any continuing rights or obligations: (i) that would be required to be filed by the Company as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contractmaterial contractshall mean any pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the following Securities Act or disclosed by the Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K; (ii) that is a license, sublicense or other Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is authorized to use any third party Intellectual Property that is material to the Subsidiaries business of the Company is Company, excluding generally commercially available, off-the-shelf software programs (the “Licensed-In Intellectual Property” and such license, sublicense or other Contract, a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this “Licensed-In Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions”); (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” that is a license, sublicense or other similar contingent payment obligations Contract pursuant to which any third party (A) is authorized to use Owned Intellectual Property that is material to the Company any Subsidiary business of the Company or (B) has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement obtained and continues to have exclusive rights in Owned Intellectual Property that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Companylicenses, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or sublicenses and other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into Owned Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ixiv) any Contract that provides for contains covenants that materially restrict the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or which, following the consummation of the Merger, would materially restrict the ability of the Surviving Corporation or any of its Affiliates) to compete with any Person or in any business, geographic area or distribution or sales channel, or to sell, supply or distribute any service or product, except for any such Contract that may be canceled without material penalty by the Company or its Subsidiaries upon notice of sixty (60) days or less; (v) any material partnership or joint venture or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has an obligation (contingent or otherwise) to make a material investment in or extension of credit to any Person; (vi) agreements for or related to (A) indebtedness for borrowed money (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties intercompany indebtedness) having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $10 million or (B) any exchange traded, over the counter or other swap, cap, floor, collar, futures contract, forward contract, option or any other derivative financial instrument or contract not entered into in the ordinary course of business; or (vii) with respect to any acquisition or disposition of any Person or business or material portion thereof pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations, in each case that would reasonably be expected to result in payments in excess of $10 million. Each such Contract described in clauses (i) through (vii) is referred to herein as a “Material Contract.” (b) Except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto and is in full force and effect, and the Company and its Subsidiaries have performed and complied with all material obligations required to be performed or complied with by it under each Material Contract. Except in any case of default as would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (x) there is no default under any Material Contract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, by any other party, and (y) no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the by any other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyparty.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (LS Cable Ltd.), Merger Agreement (Superior Essex Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Section 3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, together with the Contracts filed as identified on the lists of exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as lists each Contract of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party following types to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.hereof: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this AgreementExchange Act; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by materially limits the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Transactions, would reasonably be expected to materially limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Company not or the Opco Surviving Company) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line geographic area (including any Contract containing any area of businessmutual interest (but excluding areas of mutual interest under joint operating agreements), joint bidding area, joint acquisition area or non-compete or similar type of restriction), (B) materially restricts the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Transactions, would reasonably be expected to materially limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Company or the Opco Surviving Company) to sell to or purchase from any Person any products or services, or use, transfer or distribute, or enforce any of their rights with respect to, any of their material assets, or (BC) grants the other party or any third Person “most favored nation,“exclusivity” status with respect to any material obligation (other than pursuant to customary royalty pricing provisions in Oil and Gas Leases or similar provisionscustomary preferential rights in joint operating agreements, unit agreements or participation agreements affecting the Oil and Gas Properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); (iii) any contract containing material joint venture, partnership or limited liability agreement, other than any “earn-out” customary joint operating agreements, unit agreements or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which participation agreements affecting the Company any Subsidiary Oil and Gas Properties of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)its Subsidiaries; (iv) any Contract that (1) is material constitutes a commitment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Indebtedness and having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $35,000,000, other than agreements solely between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract involving any pending acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (A) relating to the disposition by merger or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company otherwise), of assets whose valueor capital stock or other equity interests for aggregate consideration (in one or a series of transactions) under such Contract of $35,000,000 or more (other than acquisitions or dispositions of inventory or the purchase or sale of Hydrocarbons, in each case, is in excess the ordinary course of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership consistent with a third Personpast practice); (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans Contract that by its terms calls for aggregate payment or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of receipt by the Company in and its Subsidiaries under such Contract of more than $35,000,000 over the ordinary course remaining term of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businesssuch Contract; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged its Subsidiaries has continuing indemnification, guarantee, “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations, in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services each case that would reasonably be expected to the Company or any Subsidiary result in payments in excess of the Company, and (C) leases$35,000,000; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any future capital commitment, loan or expenditure in an amount in excess of $35,000,000, other than customary joint operating agreements, unit operating agreements or continuous development obligations under Oil and Gas Leases; (ix) any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as on the one hand, and any Affiliate thereof other than any Subsidiary of the Company, on the other hand; provided, that, solely for purposes of clause (ix) of this Section 3.16(a), the term “Affiliate” shall exclude any portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners or any of its affiliated investment funds; (x) any Contract that requires the consent of a wholethird party in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or that would or would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or impair, or otherwise be affected by, the consummation of the Transactions (including, in each case, due to a provision relating to a “change of control”); (xi) each joint development agreement, exploration agreement, participation, farmout, farmin or program agreement or similar contract requiring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make expenditures that would reasonably be expected to exceed $35,000,000 in the aggregate during the 12-month period following the date of this Agreement, other than customary joint operating agreements and continuous development obligations under Oil and Gas Leases; (xii) each Contract for any Derivative Transaction with a notional value in excess of $35,000,000; (xiii) any Contract that contains a “take-or-pay” clause or any similar material prepayment or forward sale arrangement or obligation (excluding “gas balancing” arrangements associated with customary joint operating agreements) to deliver Hydrocarbons at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor; (xiv) each Contract that is a transportation, gathering, processing, purchase, sale, storage or other arrangement downstream of the wellhead to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving (A) the transportation, gathering, processing, purchase, sale or storage of more than 75 MMcf of gaseous Hydrocarbons per day, or 5,000 barrels of liquid Hydrocarbons per day, or (B) that provides for (i) an acreage dedication in excess of 5,000 gross surface acres, (ii) a minimum volume commitment in excess of 50 MMcf of gaseous Hydrocarbons per day or 5,000 barrels of liquid Hydrocarbons per day or (iii) a capacity reservation fee (x) that has a remaining term of greater than 60 days and does not allow the Company or such contracts entered into Subsidiary to terminate it without penalty on 60 days’ (or less) notice and (y) that could reasonably be expected to result in the payment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an amount in excess of $35,000,000 over the remaining term of such agreement; (xv) each Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party for the purchase, sale, swap or exchange of minerals or mineral rights having a value in excess of $35,000,000, in each case, for which such purchase, sale, swap or exchange of minerals or mineral rights remain pending (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the purchase and sale of Hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicepractices); (ixxvi) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted Oil and Gas Leases) pursuant to third parties in the ordinary course of business by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract Subsidiaries has paid amounts associated with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer Production Burden in excess of $35,000,000 in the aggregate during the immediately preceding fiscal year which will be binding on the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries following the consummation of the Transactions or with respect to which the Company or reasonably expects that it and/or one of its Subsidiaries will make payments associated with any Affiliate Production Burden in any of the Company or holder of 5% or more of next three succeeding fiscal years that could, based on current projections, exceed $35,000,000 in the outstanding Shares;aggregate in any such year; or (xixvii) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed each Contract for lease of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material personal property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; real property (xiiother than Oil and Gas Properties) any Contract that provides for involving payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or 35,000,000 in any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 aggregate payments in excess of $500,000 or 125,000,000 that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by not terminable without penalty or other liability to the Company or (other than any Subsidiary ongoing obligation pursuant to such contract that is not caused by any such termination) within 90 days, other than Contracts related to drilling rigs. Each contract of the type described in clauses (i) through (xvii) is referred to herein as a “Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyMaterial Contract. (b) Except for matters which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Contracts Adverse Effect (provided, that have expired or terminated by their terms, each clause (D) of the definition of “Material Contract required to Adverse Effect” shall be filed as an exhibit to disregarded for purposes of this Section 3.16(b)) (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any each Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect valid and binding upon on the Company or and any of its Subsidiaries to the applicable Company Subsidiaryextent such Subsidiary is a party thereto, as applicable, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms terms, subject, as to enforceability, to Creditors’ Rights, and (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium ii) there is no pending or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in unresolved default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Company Material Contract by the Company or resulted in a material liabilityany of its Subsidiaries or, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with remains pending or unresolved that constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute reasonably be expected to constitute, a default thereunderon the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which individually or in to the aggregate have not resulted in termination knowledge of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company, any other party thereto under any such Company Material Contract, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any notice of any such default, event or condition. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Pioneer Natural Resources Co), Merger Agreement (Parsley Energy, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 2.07(a) of the Company SEC Documents, Seller Disclosure Letter contains a list of each Rochas Contract that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement and that falls in one or more of the Company following categories (collectively, whether or not scheduled, the “Rochas Material Contracts”): (i) a Contract (x) containing covenants binding upon Seller or its Subsidiaries is a party that restrict during any period of time the ability of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to compete or bound engage in any business or geographic area or in any way purport to restrict Seller or its Subsidiaries’ business activity or limit the freedom of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business and (y) that would bind Acquiror or any of its Affiliates following the Closing by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) virtue of the Company Disclosure Schedule transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) a Contract containing any “most favored nations,” exclusivity or similar right or undertaking in favor of any party other than Seller and its Subsidiaries with respect to any material goods or services purchased or sold by Seller or its Subsidiaries and that would bind Acquiror or any of its Affiliates following the Closing by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) a lease, sublease or similar Contract with any Person under which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company lessor or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businesssublessor of, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) makes available for use to any contract containing Person, any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)Rochas Facilities; (iv) any a license or sublicense Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company under which Seller or any successor thereto to make of its Subsidiaries is licensee or licensor, or sub-licensee or sub-licensor of any material payment Intellectual Property used in the Rochas Business other than licenses to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Companyany shrink wrap, click wrap or other software that is generally commercially available and not customized; (v) a Contract for the sale of any material Acquired Asset or collection of Acquired Assets that are material to the Rochas Business in the aggregate, other than Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of the Rochas Business that provide for the sale of Rochas Inventory (including any finished goods or work-in-process) or obsolete equipment; (vi) a Contract involving the payment of more than $2,500,000 relating exclusively to the Rochas Business for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets and that is (A) with any vendor from whom Seller or any of its Subsidiaries purchased more than $2,500,000, in the aggregate in respect of the Rochas Business, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, or would reasonably be expected to provide for the purchase of more than $2,500,000 in the aggregate in respect of the Rochas Business, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 or any future 12-month period ended June 30 and (B) not terminable at will by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (or the Acquiror following the Closing) on less than 60 days’ notice without penalty; (vii) a Contract with a customer of the Rochas Business that involves, or would reasonably be expected to involve, (A) the payment of more than $2,500,000 by such customer to the Rochas Business in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 or any future 12-month period ended June 30 (other than purchase orders submitted in the Ordinary Course of the Rochas Business) or (B) the payment of more than $2,500,000 to such customer by the Rochas Business in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 or any future 12-month period ended June 30 pursuant to a “joint business plan” or other similar incentive arrangement; (viii) a Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, Indebtedness to a third party that individually is in excess of $500,0002,500,000; (ix) a Contract under which (A) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed or assumed Indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of the Rochas Business or (B) pursuant to which the Company Rochas Business has directly or any Subsidiary indirectly guaranteed or assumed Indebtedness, Liabilities or obligations of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third another Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries2,500,000; (x) a material settlement or compromise of any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority suit, claim, proceeding or (y) director dispute relating to the Rochas Business that would materially and adversely impact the Rochas Business at or officer of following the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding SharesClosing; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust a Contract (however denominated) establishing or other contract granting a Lien on providing for any material property partnership, strategic alliance, joint venture or assets material collaboration or involving a sharing of the Company profits, losses, costs or liabilities by Seller with any Subsidiary of the Companyother Person; (xii) any a Contract that provides for payments by involving performance of services or to the Company delivery of goods or any Subsidiary materials of the Company an amount or value in excess of $500,000 per annum, 2,500,000 and requiring one or the delivery more Consents (other than by the Company Seller or any Subsidiary of Seller Group) in order to be Conveyed to the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014)Acquiror; (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract each power of attorney of Seller that involved consideration payable by or to the Company is currently effective and outstanding and that would bind Acquiror or any Subsidiary of its Affiliates following the Closing by virtue of the Company in fiscal year 2014 transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (xiv) each Contract calling for capital expenditures in excess of $500,000 or 2,500,000 that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company would bind Acquiror or any Subsidiary of its Affiliates following the Closing by virtue of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (xivxv) any other Contract that restricts or otherwise limits not made in the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging Ordinary Course of the capital stock Rochas Business that is material to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyRochas Business. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Each Rochas Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, binding and in full force and effect and binding upon the Company is enforceable by and against Seller or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge one of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto its Subsidiaries in accordance with its terms (terms, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to be material to the extent enforceability may Rochas Business. Each of Seller and its Subsidiaries has performed all obligations required to be limited performed by it to date under the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally Rochas Material Contracts to which it is a party and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in breach of or default under thereunder and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no other party to any Rochas Material ContractContract is in breach of or default thereunder in any respect that would reasonably be expected to be, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination aggregate, material to the Rochas Business. (c) Neither the Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice (including email) that the counterparty to any Rochas Material Contract is seeking to renegotiate any material term of such contract, including material amounts paid or payable thereunder, nor has Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries given written notice (including email) to the counterparty to any Rochas Material Contract seeking to renegotiate any material term of such contract, including material amounts paid or payable thereunder, nor is any renegotiation of any material term of a Rochas Material Contract, including material amounts paid or payable thereunder, underway. (d) Seller has made available to Acquiror a true, complete and correct copy of each Rochas Material Contract or resulted (or, if such Contract is not in written form, a material liability, nor to the knowledge true and correct summary of the Company does material terms thereof), including any condition exist that with notice material amendment, supplement and modification (whether oral or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or written) in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyrespect thereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Transaction Agreement (Inter Parfums Inc), Transaction Agreement

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Neither Company SEC Documents, as nor any of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contractcontract, except as set forth arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral) (i) with respect to the employment of any directors, officers or employees other than in Section 4.12(athe ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (ii) which, upon the consummation or stockholder approval of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will (either alone or upon the occurrence of all Material Contracts to any additional acts or by which events) result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from Parent, Company, the Company Surviving Entity or any of its their respective Subsidiaries to any director officer or employee thereof, (iii) which is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “"material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-KK of the SEC) required to be performed after the date of this Agreement that has not been filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents, whether or not Documents filed with the SEC, prior to the date hereof or (iv) which materially restricts the conduct of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant line of business by the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise restricts the operation of the business of Company not or its Subsidiaries or upon consummation of the Merger will materially restrict the ability of Parent or the Surviving Entity to engage in any line of business business. Each contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding of the type described in this Section 4.10, whether or not set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule or in such Company SEC Documents, is referred to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions;herein as a "Company Contract." (iiib) (i) Each Company Contract is valid and binding on Company and any contract containing any “earn-out” of its Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, as applicable, and in full force and effect, (ii) Company and each of its Subsidiaries has in all material respects performed all obligations required to be performed by it to date under each Company Contract, except where such noncompliance, either individually or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as have a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Material Adverse Effect on Company, and (Ciii) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the neither Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation knows of, or are not in default under has received notice of, the existence of any Material Contractevent or condition which constitutes, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityor, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute both, will constitute, a material default thereunderon the part of Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such Company Contract, except for defaults which where such default, either individually or in the aggregate aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Adverse Effect on Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Bruker Daltonics Inc), Merger Agreement (Bruker Axs Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.18 of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this the Original Agreement, none a list of: (i) all Company Contracts required to be described in, or filed as an exhibit to, any Company Public Report that are not so described or filed as required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be; (ii) all Company Contracts that, to the Knowledge of the Company (x) impose any material limitations, restrictions or penalties on the Company’s manufacture, sale or distribution of any current or future Company Product or a material aspect of the Company’s business, or which after the Effective Time could impose similar restrictions on Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is Subsidiaries, with respect to any of their respective products or services or a material aspect of the operation of their businesses, or (y) grant the other party to such Company Contract or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(aa third party “most favored nation” pricing or terms that (1) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts apply to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of or (2) following the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementEffective Time, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following would apply to which the Company Parent or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party Surviving Corporation or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsits Subsidiaries; (iii) all material Company Contracts providing for (A) indemnification (including with respect to Intellectual Property Rights) or (B) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary material guaranty of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultthird party obligations, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements foregoing cases entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in outside the ordinary course of business; (viiiv) all material Company Contracts relating to revenue or profit-sharing joint ventures (whether in partnership, limited liability company or other organizational form); (v) all Company Contracts with any Contract Governmental Entity (other than ordinary course customer Contracts providing for payments below $1,000,000 and pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of counterparty does not have any rights to the Company, ’s or its Subsidiaries products or services or Company Intellectual Property Rights other than its rights to use the products or services sold under such Company Contract as a customer); (vi) all Company Contracts entered into in the last five years in connection with the settlement or other resolution of any other party thereto Legal Action that has any material continuing obligationsobligation, rights liability or interests relating to restriction on the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which part of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries; (vii) (A) all revenue-generating Company Contracts that were entered into after January 1, 2009 or were entered into before January 1, 2009 and remain in effect with the ten largest customers of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding and its Subsidiaries (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to determined on the basis of revenues received by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010) and that have material, known, unfulfilled obligations on behalf of the Companycustomer, and (CB) leasesto the extent not disclosed pursuant to clause (vii)(A), the ten largest revenue generating Company Contracts (determined on the basis of revenues received by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010); (viii) all Company Contracts that were entered into after January 1, 2009 or were entered into before January 1, 2009 and remain in effect with the ten largest suppliers to the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined on the basis of amounts paid by the Company or any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of its Subsidiaries in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010) and that have material, known, unfulfilled obligations on behalf of the obligations supplier. The Company Contracts referred to in clauses (i) through (viii) of any other Person that this Section 3.18(a) and the Company IP Contracts are collectively referred to in this Agreement as “Company Material Contracts.” The Company has made available to Parent or its Representatives correct and (except for redaction of certain information in certain Company Contracts) complete copies of all Company Material Contracts. (b) Except for such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any all Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is validMaterial Contracts are valid and binding, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms their respective terms, except (except to the extent enforceability A) as may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws of general application affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of (B) subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at in Law or in equityequity (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”). The Company and , (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material is in violation or breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually (with or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with without notice or the lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunderboth) under, except for defaults which individually any Company Material Contracts and, (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no other Person is in material violation or breach of, or in default (with or without notice or the aggregate have not resulted in termination lapse of a time or both) under, any Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContracts.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (CSR PLC), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Zoran Corp \De\)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.11(a) of the Company SEC Documents, Disclosure sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement of all of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth Contracts in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following categories to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party (each a “Scheduled Contract” and collectively, the “Scheduled Contracts”): (i) license agreements or royalty agreements, whether the Company is the licensor or licensee thereunder; (ii) non-disclosure agreements (whether the Company is the beneficiary or the obligated party thereunder); (iii) Contracts or commitments (including groups of related Contracts or commitments) involving future expenditures or Liabilities, actual or potential, in excess of $25,000 after the date hereof; (iv) employment contracts, consulting contracts, severance agreements, “stay-bonus” agreements and similar arrangements, including Contracts (A) to employ or terminate executive officers or other personnel and other contracts with present or former officers or directors of the Company or (B) that will result in the payment by, or the creation of any Liability of the Company or Buyer to pay any severance, termination, “golden parachute”, or other similar payments to any present or former personnel following termination of employment or otherwise as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by which any assets this Agreement; (v) indemnification agreements; (vi) promissory notes, loans, indentures, evidences of indebtedness, letters of credit, guarantees, or other instruments or agreements relating to an obligation to repay borrowed mone y, whether the Company shall be the borrower, lender or guarantor thereunder (excluding credit provided by the Company in the ordinary course of business to purchasers of its products and obligations to pay vendors in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice); (vii) Contracts containing covenants limiting the freedom of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries officer, director, Employee or Affiliate of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, that relates directly or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material indirectly to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leasesBusiness; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification with the federal, state or guarantee of the obligations of local government or any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practiceagency or department thereof; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of with a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its SubsidiariesRelated Party; (x) any Contract with any Leases of real or personal property (xincluding groups of related Leases) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer involving annual payments of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharesthan $25,000; (xi) any mortgageContracts or commitments (including groups of related Contracts or commitments) for the purchase or sale of raw materials, pledgecommodities, security agreementsupplies, deed of trust products, or other contract granting personal property, or for the furnishing or receipt of services, the performance of which will extend over a Lien on any material property or assets period of more than six months from the Company or any Subsidiary date of this Agreement, result in a loss to the Company, or involve consideration in excess of $25,000; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by Contracts or to the Company commitments concerning a partnership or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014)joint venture; (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to not made in the Company or any Subsidiary ordinary course of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000business; and (xiv) any other Contract that restricts or otherwise limits under which the payment consequences of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees a default by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired party or terminated by their termstermination would reasonably be expected to have, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Complete and accurate copies of all of the Scheduled Contracts, including all amendments and supplements thereto, have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor been provided to the knowledge Buyer. Except as set forth on Section 3.11(a) of the Company does Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not a party to any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyoral Contract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set Disclosure. Schedule 3.11 sets forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any Contracts of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.categories: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or Contracts not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers made in the ordinary course of business; (viiii) any Contract pursuant License agreements or royalty agreements, whether RedChip is the licensor or licensee thereunder (excluding licenses that are commonly available on standard commercial terms, such as software "shrink-wrap" licenses); (iii) Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements (whether RedChip is the beneficiary or the obligated party thereunder); (iv) Contracts or commitments involving future expenditures or Liabilities, actual or potential, in excess of $50,000 after the date hereof or otherwise material to which the Company, Subsidiary of RedChip Business or the Company, Assets; (v) Contracts or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests commitments relating to commission arrangements with others that are material to the researchRedChip Business; (vi) Employment contracts, developmentconsulting contracts, supplyseverance agreements, manufacture or marketing of"stay-bonus" agreements and similar arrangements, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding including Contracts (A) non-disclosure agreements; to employ or terminate executive officers or other personnel and other contracts with present or former officers or directors of RedChip or (B) agreements with contractors that will result in the payment by, or vendors providing services the creation of any Liability of RedChip or FRT to the Company pay any severance, termination, "golden parachute," or other similar payments to any Subsidiary present or former personnel following termination of employment or otherwise as a result of the Company, and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (Cvii) leasesIndemnification agreements; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification Promissory notes, loans, agreements, indentures, evidences of indebtedness, letters of credit, guarantees, or guarantee of other instruments relating to an obligation to pay money, whether RedChip shall be the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiariesborrower, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicelender or guarantor thereunder ; (ix) any Contract that provides for Contracts containing covenants limiting the grant freedom of a licenseRedChip, or the development (excluding contracts with employeesany RedChip Employee or Affiliate of RedChip, consultants and contractors) of to engage in any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course line of business by or compete with any Person that relates directly or indirectly to the Company or any of its SubsidiariesRedChip Business; (x) any Any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority the federal, state or (y) director or officer of the Company local government or any Subsidiary of the Company agency or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Sharesdepartment thereof; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust Any Contract or other contract granting arrangement with a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the CompanyRelated Party; (xii) any Contract that provides for Leases of real or personal property involving annual payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of more than $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014);50,000; and (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Any other Contract that involved consideration payable by or to under which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim consequences of a material breach default or violation oftermination would reasonably be expected to have a RedChip Material Adverse Effect, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination aggregate. Complete and accurate copies of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge all of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse Contracts listed on Schedule 3.11, including all amendments and supplements thereto, have been made available to FRT. RedChip has included as part of time or both would constitute Schedule 3.11 a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in brief summary of the aggregate have not resulted in termination material terms of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyeach oral Contract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Freerealtime Com Inc), Merger Agreement (Freerealtime Com Inc)

Contracts. (ai) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.01(h) of the Company SEC Documents, Letter sets forth the following Contracts as of the date of this Agreement, none of : (A) any Contract that would be required to be filed by the Company or its Subsidiaries is as a party “material contract” pursuant to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(aItem 601(b)(10) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts Regulation S-K; (B) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementproviding for exclusive arrangement regarding, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is restricted in any material way, or which after the Effective Time could restrict Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in any material way, the development, manufacture, marketing or distribution of their respective products or services, except as would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the manner in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate the business as of the Company is a party or by date hereof; (C) each Contract under which any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any indebtedness, in each case having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000; (D) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound (other than Benefit Plans and Benefit Agreements) containing any provisions contemplating or relating in any way to a “change in control” or similar event with respect to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, including provisions requiring consent or approval of, or notice to, any Governmental Entity or other person in the event of a change in control of the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or otherwise having the effect of providing that the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the execution, delivery or effectiveness of this Agreement will materially conflict with, result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, such Contract, except such contract for which any conflict, violation or breach would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (E) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound providing for payments of royalties, maintenance fees or other license fees to third parties in excess of $2,000,000 annually (excluding royalties or license fees for commercial “off-the-shelf” or shrink wrap software); (F) each Contract pursuant to which (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is licensed or otherwise permitted by a third-party to use any Intellectual Property (other than “shrink wrap” or “click through” licenses), and (ii) a third-party is licensed or otherwise permitted to use any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case of (i) and (ii) that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (G) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound granting the other party to such Contract or a third party “most favored nation” pricing or terms that following the Effective Time, would apply to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries; (H) each material Contract containing any “non-solicitation”, “no-hire” or similar provision that would restrict the Company or any of its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time, except as would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the manner in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate their businesses, taken as a whole, as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementhereof; (iiI) any each Contract that contains (A) any covenant to or by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage its Subsidiaries is a party or bound for any joint venture (whether in any line of business partnership, limited liability company or to compete with any Person in any line of business, other organizational form) or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” alliance or similar provisionsarrangement that is material to the Company; (iiiJ) any contract containing any “earn-out” each Contract to or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to by which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements its Subsidiaries is a party or bound entered into in the ordinary course last two years in connection with the settlement or other resolution of business)any material suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries currently has a payment or performance obligation that is not material other than any such settlement or resolution for an aggregate amount less than $5,000,000; (ivK) any each Contract that (1) is material which has aggregate future sums due to or from the Company and or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose valueending 12-months later, in each case, is in excess of $500,00010,000,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary except for sales of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable products in the ordinary course of business, or (Bii) loans to Subsidiaries in aggregate more than $100,000,000 during the life of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business;Contract; and (viiL) any each Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company its Subsidiaries is currently engaged in research a party or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements bound or with contractors or vendors providing services respect to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) , directly or indirectly, has any Contract obligation with any (x) Governmental Authority labor union, works council or (y) director or officer similar organization applicable to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries, with a labor contractor, or third-party employer for which the Company or any Affiliate of its Subsidiaries may have liability that in any such case is material to the operations of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting and its Subsidiaries taken as a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companywhole. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Caterpillar Inc), Merger Agreement (Bucyrus International Inc)

Contracts. Schedule ‎3.6 hereto lists all Contracts related to the Business or the Assets in effect as of the Closing Date, including, without limitation, the following: (a) Except any pension, profit sharing, stock option, employee stock purchase or other material plan or arrangement providing for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits deferred compensation to the Company SEC Documentsemployees, as of the date of this Agreementformer employees or consultants, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company collective bargaining agreement or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which other Contract with any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementlabor union; (iib) any employment Contract that contains (A) for the employment of any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessofficer, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” individual employee or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is providing for annual base compensation in excess of $500,000, 50,000; (Bc) pursuant to any Contract under which the Company Seller has advanced or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in loaned any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable amounts in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans aggregate exceeding $10,000 except for advances to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicefor valid business reasons and not in excess of $5,000 in the aggregate; (ixd) any Contract that provides relating to borrowed money or other indebtedness (including any earnout obligations) or the mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing an Encumbrance (excluding Permitted Encumbrances) on the Assets; (e) any Contract under which Seller is lessee of or holds or operates any Real Property owned by any other Person; (f) any Contract under which Seller is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate any property, real or personal, owned or controlled by Seller; (g) any Contract with respect to any Intellectual Property granted or made to Seller, or granted or made by Seller to third parties, except licenses to Seller of commercially available, unmodified, “off the shelf” software used for Seller’s own internal use; (h) any Contract (including any exclusivity, nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement) prohibiting Seller from freely engaging in any business or competing anywhere in the world; (i) any Contract with any vendor or customer of Seller requiring payments to or from Seller in excess of $5,000 each year during the term thereof; and (j) any Contract not listed in clauses ‎(a)-‎(i) above which is material to the operation of the Business. On or prior to the date hereof, Seller has provided Buyer with, or made available to Buyer, true and complete copies of all written Contracts responsive to items (a)-(j) above. All of the Contracts listed on Schedule ‎3.6 are in full force and effect, and are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and comprise all of the Contracts material for the grant operation of a licensethe Business. Except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule ‎3.6: (i) there is no default or breach by Seller, or to the development Knowledge of Seller, any other party to any Contract set forth on Schedule ‎3.6, (excluding contracts ii) there is no fact or circumstance that exists that, with employees, consultants and contractors) or without the passage of time or giving of notice or the happening of any intellectual property further event or condition, would constitute a default, or would entitle any party to terminate any such Contracts or to make a claim or set-off against Seller, any of the Company its Subsidiaries or any Subsidiary of the Company their respective Affiliates, or otherwise to amend such Contract or prevent such Contract from being renewed in accordance with its terms; and (iii) there are no negotiations pending or in progress to revise any Contract, other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties negotiations in the ordinary course of business by intended to make the Company or any terms of certain Contracts more favorable to Seller and its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have Seller has not received any claim written notice of a material breach or violation ofdefault, termination, or are not in default nonrenewal under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companylisted on Schedule ‎3.6.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Mantra Venture Group Ltd.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Intercloud Systems, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list Letter lists each Contract of all Material Contracts the following types to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.is bound: (i) any Contract required to be filed by the Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to S‑K under the Securities Act or disclosed by the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementon a Current Report on Form 8‑K; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by expressly restricts the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would expressly restrict the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line of businessgeographic area, or that expressly restricts the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries (Bor, following the consummation of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Surviving Corporation) to sell to or purchase from any Person or to hire any Person, or that grants the other party or any third Person “most favored nation,“exclusivity” status or similar provisionsany type of special discount rights, where such restriction would reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, taken as a whole; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” Contract with respect to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company agreement or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)arrangement; (iv) any Contract that (1) is material relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the CompanyIndebtedness; (v) any Contract involving the pending acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly (A) relating to the disposition by merger or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise), of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person capital stock or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Companyequity interests, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights assets or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person liabilities that would be are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (other than any such contracts entered into acquisitions or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (vi) any Contract other than a Company Plan that by its terms calls for aggregate payment or receipt by the Company and its Subsidiaries under such Contract of more than $300,000 over any twelve month period; (vii) any Contract providing for continuing indemnification, guarantee, “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations to or from any Person with respect to liabilities relating to any current or former business of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any predecessor Person, excluding indemnification provided by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to customers in the ordinary course of business; (viii) any (1) license agreement other than (A) a license of commercially available “off-the-shelf” software for an aggregate license fee of no more than $25,000 and (B) Contracts that contain a license from a customer to use its information or data in the course of performing services for the customer, including any such Contracts that grant the Company or any of its Subsidiaries a license to any rights to Intellectual Property in and to any portion of the work product or other deliverables prepared for the customer or (2) Contract that limits the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights to enforce or register Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including covenants not to ▇▇▇ and co-existence agreements; (ix) any Contract that provides for any standstill or similar obligations restricting the grant purchase by the Company of securities of a license, or third Person; (x) any Contract (including any Contract for the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractorsprovision of drilling services) of any intellectual property of that obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries to make any capital expenditures in any twelve month period in an amount in excess of $200,000; (xi) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessee or lessor of, or holds, uses, or makes available for use to any Person (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), (1) any real property or (2) any tangible personal property and, in the case of clause (2), that involves an aggregate future or potential liability or receivable, as the case may be, in excess of $300,000; (xii) any Contract for the sale or purchase of any real property, or for the sale of any tangible personal property in an amount in excess of $50,000; (xiii) any material Contract not entered into in the ordinary course of business by between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate thereof other than any Subsidiary of the Company; (xiv) any material Contract with a former executive officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xxv) any Contract with any Governmental Entity; (xxvi) Governmental Authority any Contract with any labor union; (xvii) any Contract relating to settlement or other final disposition of any Action since January 1, 2018; or (yxviii) director or officer any Contract that results in any Person holding a power of attorney from the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries that relates to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective business. Each contract of the Company or any Affiliate of type described in clauses (i) through (xviii) is referred to herein as a “Material Contract.” (i) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company or holder and any of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or its Subsidiaries to the Company or any extent such Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with is a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesparty thereto, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or and to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31knowledge, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Keach other party thereto, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms terms; (except ii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and, to the extent enforceability may Company’s knowledge, each other party thereto, has performed all obligations required to be limited performed by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally it under each Material Contract; and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability (iii) there is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in no default under any Material ContractContract by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderon the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto under any such Material Contract, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any notice of any such default, event or condition except for defaults which such default as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. (c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a Material party to any material Contract that contains a “change of control” provision that would or resulted in a material liability for would reasonably be expected to prevent, delay or impair the Companyconsummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Patterson Uti Energy Inc), Merger Agreement (Patterson Uti Energy Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Company Material Contracts Contracts. As used in this Agreement, “Company Material Contract” means (i) any agreement or contract pursuant to which the Company and its Subsidiaries is reasonably likely to spend, in the aggregate, more than $250,000 with respect to any such agreement or by contract during the current fiscal year or during the next fiscal year, (ii) any non-competition or other agreement that prohibits or otherwise restricts, in any material respect, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from freely engaging in any business material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, anywhere in the world, (iii) any agreement or contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as involving research, development or the license of any Company Intellectual Property (other than non-exclusive licenses of Company Intellectual Property made in the date Ordinary Course of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementBusiness), a “Material Contract” shall mean (iv) any of the following agreement or contract to which the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company is a party granting a right of first refusal, or by right of first offer or comparable right with respect to any material Company Intellectual Property, (v) any agreement or contract to which any assets of the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries is a party relating to a material joint venture, partnership or other material arrangement involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs or liabilities with another person, (vi) any agreement or contract which would be binding on an Affiliate of the Company are bound as or the Buyer or an Affiliate of the date of this Agreement. Buyer and (ivii) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with K of the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material respect to the Company and its SubsidiariesSubsidiaries filed with the SEC on or following March 7, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company 2013 or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable included in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration Exhibit List filed with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for filed on the year ended December 31SEC’s ▇▇▇▇▇ system on March 7, 2014 or (ii) any 2013. The Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, has made available to the Parent a complete and accurate copy of each Company Material Contract. Each Company Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto is enforceable in accordance with its terms (except terms, subject to the extent enforceability may be limited by Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Neither the effect Company nor any of applicable bankruptcyits Subsidiaries nor, reorganizationto the Company’s Knowledge, insolvency, moratorium or any other Laws affecting the enforcement party to any Company Material Contract is in material violation of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under (nor does there exist any Material Contractcondition, except for defaults which individually or in which, upon the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse passage of time or both the giving of notice or both, would constitute cause such a violation of or default thereunderunder), except for defaults nor will the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement result in any material violation of or material default under (x) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage or indenture to which individually it is a party or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination by which it or any of a its properties or assets is bound or (y) any Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContract.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sonus Networks Inc), Merger Agreement (Performance Technologies Inc \De\)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a3.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementparty, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.Acquired Corporations is bound: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) for the purchase of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documentsmaterials, whether or not filed with the SECsupplies, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessgoods, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” services, equipment or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant assets and that involves or would reasonably be expected to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in involve aggregate payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of $250,000 or more in the Company after the date of the this Agreement year ended December 31, 2008 (other than contingent payment those arrangements entered into disclosed in subparagraph (xv) or purchased solely on a purchase order basis); (ii) for the ordinary course sale by the Company or any of business)its Subsidiaries of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets, that involves a specified annual minimum dollar sales amount by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of $100,000 or more; (iii) that requires the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase its total requirements of any product or service from a third party or that contains “take or pay” provisions; (iv) any Contract that pursuant to which (1A) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of its Subsidiaries purchases components for inclusion into its products other than components purchased solely on a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition purchase order basis or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans party manufactures or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing assembles products on behalf of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (xv) that is an employment, consulting, termination or severance Contract, other than any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any such Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery is terminable at-will by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or its Subsidiaries without liability to the Company or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary; (vi) that is a partnership, joint venture or similar Contract; (vii) that is a distribution, dealer, representative or sales agency Contract, which involves or would reasonably be expected to involve aggregate payments to or by the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess and any of its Subsidiaries of $500,000 100,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company more in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 2008 (other than those arrangements disclosed in subparagraphs (xv) or (xvi)); (viii) that is a (A) Lease or (B) Contract for the lease of personal property, in either case which provide for payments to or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any one case of $100,000 or more than $250,000 over the term of such Lease or Contract; (ix) that is otherwise a Material Contract and which also provides for the indemnification by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Person, the undertaking by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be responsible for consequential damages, or the assumption by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Tax, environmental or other Liability, other than pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in the Company’s Charter Documents, the Company’s standard form customer Contracts (including its confidentiality agreement) or the Company’s standard form Investigator Clinical Study Agreement; (x) with any Governmental Entity (other than a university, college, other educational institution or research or medical center); (xi) that is a note, debenture, bond, letter of credit, loan or other Contract for Indebtedness or lending of money (other than to employees for travel expenses in the ordinary course of business) or Contract for a line of credit or guarantee, pledge or undertaking of the Indebtedness of any other Person; (xii) for a charitable or political contribution that involved the payment of $50,000 or more by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (xiii) for any future capital expenditure or leasehold improvement in any one case in excess of $100,000, other than arrangements disclosed pursuant to the preceding subparagraph (i); (xiv) that restricts or purports to restrict the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business, acquire any property, develop or distribute any product or provide any service (including geographic restrictions) or to compete with any Person or granting any exclusive distribution rights, in any market, field or territory; (xv) that is an In-Bound License pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made payments of more than $100,000 for the ten-month period ended October 31, 2008; (xvi) that is an Out-Bound License pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received payments of more than $250,000 for the ten-month period ended October 31, 2008; (xvii) with any of the top ten (10) service customers (such services shall include but are not limited to conducting clinical studies or designing and managing clinical studies) with the greatest dollar volume of revenue from the Company and its Subsidiaries in (x) the ten-month period ended October 31, 2008, and (ii) the year ended December 31, 2007; and (xviii) that relates to a material investment in the Company or the acquisition or disposition of any material business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise). (b) Each Contract required to be listed in Section 3.16 (c) and (d) and Section 3.18 of the Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑KDisclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Material Contracts”) is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, valid and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms (terms, except to the extent as such enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of or relating to creditors’ rights generally generally, and (b) the effect availability of general principles injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. (c) No customer under a Material Contract has canceled or otherwise terminated, or, to the Knowledge of equitythe Company, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law threatened to cancel or in equity). The otherwise terminate, its relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have not has received written notice that any claim such customer may cancel or otherwise materially and adversely modify its relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary or limit its services, supplies or material to the Company or such Subsidiary, as a result of a material breach the Merger or violation ofotherwise. (d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or are not and to the Company’s Knowledge, no other party thereto is, in default under in any material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any obligation, covenant, condition or other term contained in any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has given or in received written notice to or from any Person relating to any such alleged or potential default that has not been cured. To the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that Company, no event has occurred which with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time time, or both would constitute both, may conflict with or result in a default thereunderviolation or breach of, except for defaults which individually or give any Person the right to exercise any remedy under or accelerate the maturity or performance of, or cancel, terminate or modify, any Material Contract. (e) The Company has made available accurate and complete copies of each Material Contract to Parent other than purchase orders in the aggregate have ordinary course of business that do not resulted in termination contain outstanding obligations of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Valeant Pharmaceuticals International), Merger Agreement (Valeant Pharmaceuticals International)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as As of the date of this AgreementAgreement Date, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound any Contract required to be filed by any Material the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act (a “Filed Company Contract, except as set forth in ”) that has not been so filed. (b) Section 4.12(a3.17(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a Letter sets forth, as of the Agreement Date, an accurate and complete and accurate list of all Material the following Contracts of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and (other than any Filed Company Contract that has been filed with the SEC in unredacted form prior to the Agreement Date) the Company has Made Available accurate and complete copies of each such Contract: (i) each Contract (A) that resulted in aggregate payments by the Company or by the Company Subsidiaries in excess of $3,000,000 in the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 or (B) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is contractually obligated to make payments in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate after the Agreement Date; (ii) any In-bound License, Third Party IP Contract or Out-bound License; (iii) all material research and development Contracts, Clinical Trial agreements, clinical research agreements, manufacture or supply agreements, distribution agreements, or similar Contracts, in each case relating to a party as of the date of this Agreement. For Product Candidate; (iv) all purposes of leases, subleases, sub-subleases and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following licenses to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. with respect to real property (i) any material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of businessReal Estate Leases”); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary all leases of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is personal property involving annual payments in excess of $500,000, ; (Bvi) any Contract pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has continuing obligations or interests involving (1) the achievement of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person regulatory or commercial milestones or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case similar contingent payments in excess of $500,000, 3,000,000 or (2) payment of royalties or other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries amounts calculated based upon any revenues or income of the Company in or a Company Subsidiary that cannot be terminated by the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers Company or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businessa Company Subsidiary without penalty or further payment without more than 90 days’ notice; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the researchdisposition of any business or material assets other than the sale of products or services in the ordinary course of business (whether by merger, developmentsale of stock, supply, manufacture sale of assets or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which otherwise) by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leasesSubsidiaries; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of relating to the obligations acquisition of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiariesbusiness or assets (whether by merger, taken as a wholesale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), other than any such contracts entered into purchases of supplies, inventory and equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, that (A) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has entered into since January 1, 2018 or (B) contains any outstanding non-competition, earn-out or other contingent payment obligations or any other outstanding material obligation of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant a joint venture, partnership, strategic alliance or similar agreement or arrangement; (x) each Contract pursuant to which any amount of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (Subsidiaries is outstanding or may be incurred by its terms, other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by any such agreement solely between or among the Company and the wholly owned Company Subsidiaries or any of its between or among wholly owned Company Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract Contract granting a Lien on any material (other than a Permitted Lien) over the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the CompanyCompany Subsidiaries; (xii) other than with Parent or any of its Affiliates, any stockholders’, investors rights’, registration rights or similar Contract that provides for payments by voting obligations, registration rights, sale restrictions or transfer restrictions with respect to of any equity securities or voting interests in the Company or a Company Subsidiary, providing any Subsidiary Person with any preemptive right, right of the Company participation, information right or similar right with respect to any equity securities or voting interests in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of a Company Subsidiary, or providing the Company or a Company Subsidiary with any right of goods first refusal with respect to, or services right to repurchase or redeem, any equity securities or voting interests in the Company or a Company Subsidiary, other than, with a fair market value respect to any right to repurchase or redeem equity securities in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during in connection with any Company Share Award issued under the calendar year 2014)Company Share Plan; (xiii) any customerContract (A) containing any provision or covenant that materially limits the freedom of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to (x) sell any products or services of or to any other Person or in any geographic region, client(y) engage in any line of business, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by (z) compete with or to obtain products or services from any Person or limiting the ability of any Person to provide products or services to the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries other than Contracts containing customary provisions restricting solicitation of employees and agreements with recruiting agencies pursuant to which such agencies are granted the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely exclusive right to involved consideration payable by or to identify candidates for employment, (B) requiring the Company or a Company Subsidiary to deal exclusively with, or to purchase its total requirements of any Subsidiary product or service from, a third party or that contain “take or pay” provisions or that provide rights of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000first refusal, first offer or similar preferential rights to any supplier, distributor or contractor, or (C) containing a “most-favored-nation,” or best pricing or other similar term or provision; and (xiv) any each material Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to between the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, any (A) present executive officer or director of either the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, (B) record or beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Common Shares outstanding as of the Agreement Date (other than Parent, Sumitomo or any of their respective Affiliates) or (C) to the Knowledge of the Company, any Affiliate or “associate” or any member of the “immediate family” (as such terms are respectively defined in Rules 12b-2 and 16a-1 of the Exchange Act) of any such officer, director, or beneficial owner) (other than Parent, Sumitomo or any of their respective Affiliates); provided that the following Contracts will not be required to be listed on Section 3.17(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, will not be required to made available to Parent pursuant to this Section 3.17(b), and will not be deemed a “Material Contract” for any purposes hereunder (whether or not a Filed Company Contract): (1) any Company Benefit Plan, or (2) any Contract between the Company, on the one hand, and one or more wholly owned Company Subsidiaries, on the other hand, or between one or more wholly owned Company Subsidiaries (any such Contract in clauses (1) or (2), an “Excluded Contract”). Each Contract described in this Section 3.17(b) and each Filed Company Contract, in each case, other than any Excluded Contract, is referred to herein as a “Material Contract.” (c) Each Material Contract is (i) a valid, binding and legally enforceable obligation of the Company or prohibits one of the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary Company Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired , of the other parties thereto, except, in each case, as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or terminated similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by their termsgeneral principles of equity, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or and (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon in all material respects, except, in the case of clauses (i) or (ii), with respect to any Material Contract which expires by its terms (as in effect as of the Agreement Date) or which is terminated in accordance with the terms thereof by any party thereto in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in material breach or material default under any such Material Contract and no event has occurred that gives any third party to a Material Contract the applicable Company Subsidiaryright to accelerate the maturity or performance of any Material Contract or the right to cancel, and to terminate or materially modify any Material Contract. To the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, binding upon the no other parties thereto party to any such Material Contract is (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, material default thereunder (and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has waived or are not in default failed to enforce any material rights or material benefits under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company).

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Urovant Sciences Ltd.), Merger Agreement (Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list Letter lists each of all Material the following types of Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.hereof: (i) any Contract that would be required to be filed by Company as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or disclosed by Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by noncompetition or exclusive dealing agreements or other agreement or obligation that purports to materially limit or restrict in any respect the ability of Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not transactions contemplated by this Agreement, would limit the ability of Purchaser or any of their Subsidiaries) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line geographic area (other than as may be required by Law or any Governmental Entity) or which grants any right of businessfirst refusal, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” right of first offer or similar provisionsright or that limits or purports to limit the ability of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries) to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any assets or business; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultContract for, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary that contemplates, a possible merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset sale or sale of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into equity securities not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, with respect to it or any of its Subsidiaries or any Contract which relates to a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset sale or sale of equity securities and which contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent obligations) that are still in effect; (iv) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money by it or any its Subsidiaries or the guarantee by it or any of its Subsidiaries of any such obligation of a third party (other than deposit liabilities and Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, Contracts pertaining to fully-secured repurchase agreements and Contracts relating to endorsements for payment, guarantees and letters of credit made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), including any sale and leaseback transactions, capitalized leases and other similar financing transactions; (v) any Contract that involves expenditures or receipts of it or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000 per year (other than pursuant to Loans (as defined in Section 3.25) originated or purchased by Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (vi) any Contract with respect to the employment or compensation of any officers, employees, consultants or directors; (vii) any Contract containing a “most favored nation” clause or other similar term providing preferential pricing or treatment to a party (other than Company or its subsidiaries) that is material to the Company or its Subsidiaries; (viii) any Contract relating to a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, or to the formation, creation or operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture with any third parties or which limits payments of dividends; and (ix) any Contract that provides for which limits the right to use or grant of a licenseany third party the right to use the name “Old Florida Bancshares, Inc.”, “Old Florida Bank” or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of “New Traditions Bank” or any intellectual property variant thereof. Each Contract of the type described in clauses (i) through (ix) is referred to herein as a “Company or any Subsidiary of the Material Contract.” (b) (i) Each Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Material Contract is valid and binding on Company or and any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or Subsidiaries to the Company or any extent such Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with is a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesparty thereto, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or and to the Company or any Subsidiary Knowledge of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other party thereto, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms (terms, except to the extent that validity and enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium moratorium, reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of or by general principles of equityequity or by principles of public policy and except where the failure to be valid, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered binding, enforceable and in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company full force and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofeffect, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, has not resulted in termination of had a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) there is no default under any Company Material Contract by Company or resulted in a material liabilityany of its Subsidiaries or, nor to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company does Company, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderon the part of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Company, any other party thereto under any such Company Material Contract, nor has Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any written notice of any such default, event or condition, or of any termination or non-renewal of any Company Material Contract, except for defaults which where any such default, event or condition, or any such termination or non-renewal, individually or in the aggregate have aggregate, has not resulted in termination had a Company Material Adverse Effect. Company has made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of a all Company Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContracts, including any amendments thereto.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Iberiabank Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.08(a) of the Company SEC Documents, Parent Disclosure Letter contains a list of each Galleria Contract that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement, none Agreement and that falls in one or more of the Company following categories (collectively, whether or not scheduled, the “Galleria Material Contracts”): (i) a Contract containing covenants binding upon Parent or its Subsidiaries is that restrict during any period of time the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to compete or engage in any business or geographic area and that would bind SplitCo or any of its Affiliates (including the Galleria Entities) following the Business Transfer Time; (ii) a Contract containing any “most favored nations,” exclusivity or similar right or undertaking in favor of any party other than Parent and its Subsidiaries with respect to any material goods or bound services purchased or sold by Parent or its Subsidiaries and that would bind SplitCo or any Material Contractof its Affiliates (including the Galleria Entities) following the Business Transfer Time; (iii) a lease, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sublease or similar Contract with any Person under which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and lessor or sublessor of, or makes available for use to any Person, any Galleria Facilities; (iv) a lease, sublease or similar Contract with any Person under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company (A) Parent or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company is a party lessee of, or holds or uses, any material machinery, equipment, vehicle or other tangible personal property owned by which any assets of the Company Person or (B) Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a lessor or sublessor of, or makes available for use by any Person, any material tangible personal property owned or leased by Parent or its Subsidiaries, in any such case which has an aggregate future liability or receivable, as the case may be, in excess of $10,000,000 in any calendar year and is not terminable by Parent or such Subsidiary by notice of not more than 60 days for a cost, individually or together with any similar Contract, of less than $10,000,000; (v) a license or sublicense or other Contract under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is licensee or licensor, or sub-licensee or sub-licensor of, or otherwise grants or is granted a right to use any material Intellectual Property used or held for use in the Galleria Business other than licenses to any shrink wrap, click wrap or other software that is generally commercially available and not customized; (vi) a Contract for the sale of any Galleria Entity or material Galleria Asset or collection of Galleria Assets that are material to the Galleria Business in the aggregate, other than Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of the Company are bound Galleria Business that provide for the sale of Galleria Inventory (including any finished goods or work-in-process) or obsolete equipment; (vii) a Contract relating primarily to the Galleria Business (or, in the case of the Non-Color Caldera Business portion of the Galleria Business, relating exclusively to the Non-Color Caldera Business) involving the payment of more than $10,000,000 for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets and that is (A) with any vendor from whom Parent or any of its Subsidiaries purchased more than $10,000,000, in the aggregate in respect of the Galleria Business, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, or would reasonably be expected to provide for the purchase of more than $10,000,000 in the aggregate in respect of the Galleria Business, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 or any future 12-month period ended June 30 and (B) not terminable at will by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or by the Galleria Group following the Business Transfer Time) on less than 60 days’ notice without penalty; (viii) a Contract with a customer of the Galleria Business that involves, or would reasonably be expected to involve, (A) the payment of more than $10,000,000 by such customer to the Galleria Business in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 or any future 12-month period ended June 30 (other than purchase orders submitted in the Ordinary Course of the Galleria Business) or (B) the payment of more than $10,000,000 to such customer by the Galleria Business in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 or any future 12-month period ended June 30 pursuant to a “joint business plan” or other similar incentive arrangement; (ix) a Contract relating to any Indebtedness to a third party that individually is in excess of $5,000,000; (x) a Contract under which (A) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed or assumed Indebtedness, liabilities or obligations of a Galleria Entity or of the Galleria Business or (B) a Galleria Entity or the Galleria Business has directly or indirectly guaranteed or assumed Indebtedness, Liabilities or obligations of another Person, in each case in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate; (xi) a material settlement or compromise of any suit, claim, proceeding or dispute relating to the Galleria Business or any Galleria Entity that would materially and adversely impact the Galleria Business at or following the Business Transfer Time; (xii) a Contract establishing or providing for any material partnership, strategic alliance, joint venture or material collaboration; and (xiii) any other Contract not made in the Ordinary Course of the Galleria Business that is material to the Galleria Business. (b) Section 3.08(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter contains a list of each Shared Business Contract that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement. (ic) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Each Galleria Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, binding and in full force and effect and binding upon the Company is enforceable by and against Parent or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge one of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto its Subsidiaries in accordance with its terms (terms, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to be material to the extent enforceability may Galleria Business. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has performed all obligations required to be limited performed by it to date under the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally Galleria Material Contracts to which it is a party and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in breach of or default under thereunder and, to the Knowledge of Parent, no other party to any Galleria Material ContractContract is in breach of or default thereunder, except for defaults which in each case in any respect that would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination aggregate, material to the Galleria Business. (d) Subject to Section 5.23, Parent has made available to Acquiror a true and correct copy of a each Galleria Material Contract or resulted (or, if such Contract is not in written form, a material liability, nor to the knowledge true and correct summary of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyterms thereof).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Transaction Agreement (PROCTER & GAMBLE Co)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Section 3.9(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of the Material Assumed Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as of the date of this Agreement, none of Agreement Date. (b) Neither the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(aContract relating to the Business: (i) of which is an Assumed Contract which provides for any payment by or to the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000 in fiscal year 2008 or future years; (ii) which, following the Closing, will limit (or purport to limit) in any way the ability of Buyer to compete or engage in any line of business, in any geographic area or with any Person, or which, following the Closing, will require referrals by Buyer of any business or require Buyer to make available investment opportunities to any Person on a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts priority, equal or exclusive basis; (iii) pursuant to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company partnership or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in joint venture with any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating relates to the borrowing of money or extension of creditBusiness, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers except in the ordinary course of business; (viiiv) relating to, or evidencing, indebtedness for borrowed money or any Contract guarantee of indebtedness for borrowed money with respect to the Business, other than Excluded Liabilities; (v) relating to the acquisition or disposition of any business primarily related to the Business or the Purchased Assets (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) which involves an asset value or purchase price in excess of $100,000, other than Contracts relating to transactions publicly announced prior to the date this Agreement; Table of Contents (vi) relating to any employee or customer benefits or liabilities which will be materially increased, or relating to the vesting of any employee or customer benefits which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary value of any of the Company, employee or customer benefits will be calculated on the basis of any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreementstransactions contemplated by this Agreement; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases;or (viiivii) with any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee upstream affiliate of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or Subsidiaries exclusively related to the Business. The Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or has previously made available to the Company or any Subsidiary Buyer complete and accurate copies of the Company each Material Assumed Contract and each other Contract described in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companythis Section 3.9. (bc) Except for as set forth in Section 3.9(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Assumed Contract required requires any third party consent to be filed as an exhibit to its assignment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. (d) (i) The Company is not in breach of or default under the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or terms of any Material Assumed Contract; (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, no other party to any Material Assumed Contract is in breach of or default under the terms of any Material Assumed Contract; (iii) each Material Contract is a valid and binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect obligation of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim or the Subsidiary of a material breach or violation ofthe Company which is party thereto and, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse Company, of time or both would constitute a default thereundereach other party thereto, and except for defaults which individually or the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, is in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyfull force and effect.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Macrovision Solutions CORP)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Schedule 3.12 of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which Schedules contains a true, complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or (by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit reference to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (iiapplicable subsection hereof) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement of the following (each, a “Material Contract” and collectively, the “Material Contracts”): (a) each Contract that requires the Company to pay, or entitles the Company to receive, or could resultresult in obligations of the Company in the amount of, in the aggregate, $50,000 or more in any calendar year; (b) each case, in payments by Contract that restricts the Company or any Subsidiary of its present Affiliates from competing with or engaging in any business activity anywhere in the world or soliciting for employment, hiring or employing any Person; (c) each Contract to acquire or dispose (by merger, division, conversion, consolidation, purchase or sale of assets or stock or otherwise) of material assets, as to which the Company after has continuing material obligations or material rights; (d) each Contract concerning a joint venture, strategic alliance, collaboration or partnership agreements, or the date sharing of profits; (e) each Contract whereby the this Agreement Company leases, subleases, licenses, or otherwise holds any rights to use or occupy any interest in real property (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into the “Real Property Leases”); (f) each Contract with respect to Indebtedness; (g) each Contract with any Governmental Authority; (h) each Contract that includes a license of, or covenant not to s▇▇ with respect to Intellectual Property (i) from the Company to any third party (excluding non-exclusive licenses to customers and end users granted in the ordinary course of business), and (ii) to the Company from any third party (excluding generally commercially available, off the shelf software programs licensed to the Company pursuant to a shrink-wrap or “click to accept” agreements), in each case, which are material to its business as currently conducted (collectively, the “Company IP Agreements”); (ivi) each Contract pursuant to which the Company leases, licenses or otherwise authorizes another Person to use, distribute, sell, resell or incorporate any Company Intellectual Property; (j) each Contract that contains any fixed or indexed pricing, “most-favored nation” pricing or similar pricing terms or provisions regarding minimum volumes, volume discounts, or rebates; (1k) each Contract with respect to bonus or other incentive compensation, deferred compensation, equity purchase award, salary continuation, pension, profit sharing or retirement plan; (l) each Contract with any current Service Providers; (m) each Contract with a Related Party; (n) each Contract that is material to not terminable by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent with notice of the 90 days or less without penalty; (o) each Contract that grants any Person other party thereto upon a change in control of than the Company any rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights; (2p) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control each Contract that contains indemnification obligations of the Company; (vq) any each Government Contract (A) relating including each Contract required to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person;be listed on Schedule 3.28); and (vir) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into not made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 practice or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary otherwise material. True, complete and correct copies of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts Contracts listed or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit listed on Schedule 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedules, together with all modifications and amendments thereto, have previously been delivered or made available to (i) Parent, or, to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for extent any of such Contracts are oral, Schedule 3.12 of the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑KDisclosure Schedules contains a description of the material terms thereof. Each Material Contract is in full force and effect, is valid, binding and enforceable in full force accordance with its terms, subject only to the Bankruptcy and effect and binding upon Equity Exception. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedules, the Company is not in breach or the applicable Company Subsidiarydefault, and nor, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, binding upon has any event occurred which with the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect giving of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse the passage of time or both would constitute a breach or default thereunderby the Company of, except for defaults or which individually would give rise to any right of notice, modification, acceleration, payment, cancellation or termination of or by another party under, or in any manner release any party thereto from, any obligation under, any Material Contract and, to the aggregate have not resulted Knowledge of the Company, no counterparty is in breach or default, and no event has occurred which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute a breach or default by any other party, or which would give rise to any right of notice, modification, acceleration, payment, cancellation or termination of a or by the Company under, or in any manner release any party thereto from any obligation under, any Material Contract. Since its incorporation, the Company has not received any notice or communication regarding any violation or breach of, or default under any Material Contract. The Company has not been notified in writing by any counterparty to any Material Contract that such counterparty is terminating, modifying, repudiating or resulted in a material liability for the Companyrescinding, or intends to terminate, modify, repudiate or rescind such Contract.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Section 3.16(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists the following Contracts filed as exhibits (other than Parent Benefit Plans) (a) to the Company SEC Documentswhich Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; (b) by which Parent or its Subsidiaries or any Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by, assigned to, or exclusively licensed by, Parent or its Subsidiaries or any other asset of Parent or its Subsidiaries are or may become bound or under which Parent or its Subsidiaries have, or may become subject to, any obligation; or (c) under which Parent or its Subsidiaries have or may acquire any right or interest, in effect as of the date of this Agreement (all such Contracts, “Parent Material Contracts”): (i) each Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any entity, except as contemplated hereby; (ii) each Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of Parent or its Subsidiaries; (iii) each Contract requiring payment by or to Parent or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement in excess of $125,000 in the aggregate in the current calendar year or any future calendar year pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any agreement under which a third party is granted rights related to the sale or distribution of any product of Parent or its Subsidiaries (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any agreement (other than a Parent Benefit Plan) involving provision of services with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of Parent or its Subsidiaries; (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, development or other agreement currently in force under which Parent or its Subsidiaries have continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which Parent or its Subsidiaries have continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by Parent or its Subsidiaries; or (D) any Contract under which any third party provides any services relating to the manufacture (in whole or in part) of any product of Parent or its Subsidiaries; (iv) each Contract containing (A) a covenant limiting the freedom of Parent or any Subsidiary to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, or limiting the development, manufacture or distribution of the Parent’s products or services, (B) any most-favored pricing arrangement, (C) any exclusivity provision, (D) any agreement to purchase minimum quantity of goods or services or (E) any non-solicitation provision; (v) each Parent In-bound License; (vi) each Parent Out-bound License; (vii) each Contract requiring the payment of any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of Parent or its Subsidiaries; (viii) each Contract, offer letter, employment agreement, consulting or independent contractor agreement with any employee, independent contractor, consultant or other natural person service provider that (A) is not immediately terminable at will by the Parent or its Subsidiaries without notice, severance or other cost or payment, except as required under applicable Law, or (B) provides for retention payments, change of control payments, severance, accelerated vesting, or any similar payment or benefit that may or will become due as a result of the Merger; and (ix) any other Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment or requirement for more than 30 days’ prior notice, except as required by applicable law) by Parent or its Subsidiaries and which involves payment or receipt by Parent or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such Contract of more than $125,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $125,000 in the aggregate. (b) Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement, none neither Parent nor any of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or is bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to K under the Company SEC DocumentsSecurities Act, whether or not filed with the SECexcluding, prior to the date of this Agreement;however, any Parent Benefit Plans). (iic) any (i) Each Parent Material Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company valid and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, binding on Parent and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or Subsidiaries to the Company or any extent such Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with is a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveriesparty thereto, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or and to the Company or any Subsidiary knowledge of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsParent, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other party thereto, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryenforceable in accordance with its terms; (ii) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries, and and, to the knowledge of the CompanyParent, binding upon the each other parties thereto in accordance with its terms party thereto, has performed all material obligations required to be performed by themselves under each Parent Material Contract; and (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability iii) there is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a no material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Parent Material Contract by Parent or resulted in a material liabilityany of its Subsidiaries or, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Parent, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute a default thereunderconstitute, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for default on the Companypart of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto under any such Parent Material Contract, nor has Parent or any of its Subsidiaries received written notice of any such material default, event or condition. Parent has made available to the Company true and complete copies of all Parent Material Contracts, including all amendments there.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Rallybio Corp)

Contracts. (aa. Section 3.11(a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, none a complete and correct list of the Contracts to which the Company or a Company Subsidiary is a party that are included within the following categories: i. any Contract with (A) any vendor, supplier or other Third Party to whom the Company or a Company Subsidiary made payments during the calendar year of 2022 in excess of $150,000 in the aggregate other than Contracts with respect to Company Benefit Plans or any Leased Real Property or (B) any Material Company Customer (excluding, in each case, sales orders and purchase orders issued in the Ordinary Course); ii. any Contract that sets forth the terms of a joint venture, partnership or other partial ownership arrangement or sharing of profits or losses with any other Person, in each case, that is material to the Company Business as currently conducted and under which there are continuing obligations by a party thereto (for clarity, excluding Contracts that contain any royalty arrangement but that do not otherwise contemplate a joint venture type arrangement); iii. any Contract that limits or purports to limit or restrict the ability of the Company or its a Company Subsidiary to compete or engage in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area or during any period of time, if such limitation or restriction would adversely impact the Company Business as currently conducted (and, for the avoidance of doubt, an obligation not to solicit or hire any employees or independent contractors will not be deemed to limit or restrict the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to compete or engage in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area or during any period of time); iv. any Contract (A) under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary incurs any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $100,000 or (B) that grants a Lien on any material asset of the Company or a Company Subsidiary (other than a Permitted Lien or a Lien that will be released as of the Closing); v. any lease or sublease of Leased Real Property; vi. any Contract (A) for the purchase, assignment, transfer or other acquisition of any business, material business line, all or substantially all of the assets of, or all or substantially all of the equity interests in any Person , (B) the disposition or sale of any business, material business line, all or substantially all of the assets of, or all or substantially all of the equity interests in any Person, in each case of clauses (A) or (B) that contains express representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, “earn out” or other contingent obligations) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that are still in effect as of the date of this Agreement or (C) that contains a right of first refusal or similar right or option to acquire or exclusively license all or a material portion of the assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole; vii. any Contract under which (A) any Third Party directly or indirectly guarantees any material liabilities or obligations of the Company or a Company Subsidiary or (B) the Company or a Company Subsidiary guarantees any material liabilities or obligations of any Third Party; viii. any employment Contract for any Employee that as of the date of this Agreement has an annual base salary in excess of $200,000 (excluding any Contract providing for employment at-will); ix. any Contract under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary receives as of March 31, 2023 contracted annual recurring revenue of $400,000 or more that provides any customer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with pricing, discounts or benefits that change based on the pricing, discounts or benefits offered to the other customer(s) of the Company or such Company Subsidiary, including Contracts containing “most favored nation” or “favored pricing” provisions; x. any Contract that provides for a settlement, conciliation or similar arrangement in connection with any Proceeding or threatened Proceeding, which includes any material non-monetary remedies that will continue, or pursuant to which the Company or a Company Subsidiary is required to make any payments in excess of $100,000, after the Closing; or xi. (A) any Contract to which any U.S. federal Governmental Entity is a party and (B) any Contract under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary receives as of March 31, 2023 contracted annual recurring revenue of $300,000 or more to or bound by which any Material ContractGovernmental Entity other than U.S. federal Governmental Entities is a party (other than, except as in each case, Permits). b. The Contracts set forth in Section 4.12(a3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all the Company License Agreements (collectively, the “Company Material Contracts Contracts”) are valid, binding and in full force and effect with respect to or by which the Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, subject, as to enforcement, to the Enforceability Exceptions, except (i) to the extent that any of Company Material Contract expires or is terminated in accordance with its Subsidiaries terms, and (ii) for such failures to be valid and binding or to be in full force and effect that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in material breach or material default under any Company Material Contract to which it is a party, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no other party to any Company Material Contract is in material breach or material default thereunder. Except as set forth on Section 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has given any oral or written notice or received any written notice, or to the Company’s Knowledge, any oral notice, terminating, not renewing, or expressing an intent to terminate or not to renew any Company Material Contract. For The Company and each Company Subsidiary party to a Company Material Contract has performed in all purposes material respects all obligations, if any, required to be performed by it pursuant to such Company Material Contract. Complete and correct copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments and under this Agreementmaterial statements of work thereto, have been made available to Parent, except to the extent such Company Material Contracts have been redacted to (i) enable compliance with Laws, or (ii) comply with confidentiality obligations owed to Third Parties. c. With respect to each Contract listed or required to be listed on Section 3.11(a)(xii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (“Government Contract”) or any bid which, if accepted, would result in a Government Contract (a “Material Contract” shall mean any Government Bid”), except as set forth on Section 3.11(c) of the following to which Company Disclosure Schedule: (i) the Company or any a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, has complied in all material respects with all material terms and conditions of such Government Contract or Government Bid, including all clauses, provisions and requirements incorporated expressly by reference or by operation of Law therein; (ii) all representations and certifications executed, acknowledged or binding in such Government Contract or Government Bid were complete and correct in all material respects as of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party dates they were made (or by which any assets of deemed made), and the Company or any a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, has complied in all material respects with all such representations and certifications; (iii) all information submitted by the Company or a Company Subsidiary, as applicable, in support of the Subsidiaries negotiation of the Company are bound Government Contracts or Government Bids, or modifications thereto, or in support of requests for payments thereunder, was, as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “submission, accurate in all material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit respects except to the extent limited on such a date by a Company SEC Documentsor Company Subsidiary qualification based on knowledge; (iv) no Governmental Entity nor any prime contractor, whether subcontractor or not filed with other Person has notified the SECCompany or a Company Subsidiary, prior either in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, orally, that the Company or a Company Subsidiary within the past three years has materially breached or materially violated any Law, certification, representation, clause, provision or requirement pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid; (v) in the three-year period immediately preceding the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by , neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been notified in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, orally, by any Governmental Entity or any Subsidiary of prime contractor that any such Government Contract has been terminated for default, and no cure notice or show cause notice is currently in effect pertaining to any such Government Contract; (vi) in the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earnthree-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of year period immediately preceding the date of this Agreement that could resultAgreement, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary Knowledge of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of no money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services due to the Company or a Company Subsidiary pertaining to such Government Contract has been withheld or offset nor has any Subsidiary claim been made in writing to withhold or offset money; and (vii) the Company, the Company Subsidiaries nor any of the Company’s Principals as that term is defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.209-5 are not currently, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification within the past three years have not been, suspended or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of debarred from doing business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annumGovernmental Entity, during the remaining term thereof (in each caseor, based on to the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments Knowledge, been proposed for suspension or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofdebarment, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except subject to a finding of non-responsibility or ineligibility for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of contracting with a Material Contract or resulted in Governmental Entity on a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyGovernment Bid.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Limeade, Inc)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement Section 3.7 of the Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documentscomplete list, as of the date of this AgreementAgreement of all contracts, none agreements, commitments, arrangements and other instruments, in effect as of the date hereof, of the following types to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or bound or to which any of the Assets is subject (whether or not actually listed in Section 3.7 of the Disclosure Letter, the “Material Contracts”): (i) any collective bargaining agreement with respect to its employees; (ii) any (A) of the following agreements with any current (or, to the extent there are on-going obligations, former) officer, employee, consultant or director of any Health Care Provider, the Company or the Subsidiaries: employment agreement, change of control agreement, severance agreement, retention agreements or any other contract or agreement entered into outside of the ordinary course of business, or (B) Affiliate Agreement (excluding in each case employment agreements that are not material); (iii) any contract or agreement that (A) restricts the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to Affiliates from engaging in any material line of business, developing, marketing or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of distributing products or services or obligates the Company Disclosure Schedule which or its Affiliates not to compete with another Person or in any geographic area or during any period of time or (B) contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to exclusivity obligations or by which restrictions binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is Affiliates; (iv) any material agreement that binds any party to any exclusive business arrangements, including arrangements in which the Company or any Subsidiary must use a party as provider or supplier exclusively (other than agreements that were entered into in the ordinary course of business with a manufacturer, distributor or reseller that require a particular manufacturer’s products to be purchased from such manufacturer or an authorized distributor or reseller); (v) any material agreement or series of related agreements, including any option agreement, providing for the acquisition or disposition, directly or indirectly, of any business, capital stock or material assets or any material real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise); (vi) any agreement relating to any interest rate, foreign exchange, derivatives or hedging transaction; (vii) any agreement (including any “take-or-pay” or keepwell agreement) under which (A) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed any liabilities or obligations of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean Company or any of the following Subsidiaries or (B) the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly guaranteed, assumed or endorsed any liabilities or obligations of any other Person, in each case other than endorsements for the purpose of collection in the ordinary course of business; (viii) any (a) Licenses or (b) agreements governing the provision of any information technology related services (other than any Software or any other agreements described in Section 3.6(d)), by or to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent material to their respective businesses; (ix) any Leases; (x) any agreement that prohibits the payment of dividends or distributions in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, in each case that will not be terminated at or prior to the Effective Time; (xi) any agreement that contains any material indemnification rights or obligations, or credit support relating to such indemnification rights or obligations, other than any of such indemnification rights or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (xii) any (A) agreement that is a settlement or similar agreement with any Governmental Authority, or (B) an Order or consent of a Governmental Authority to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or subject, involving material ongoing performance obligations by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to after the date of this Agreement; (iixiii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries has an obligation to make an investment in or loan to any remaining liability as other Person; (xiv) any agreement or series of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement related agreements (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); purchase orders) (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (Bi) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Subsidiaries has purchased, licensed or sold, during calendar year 2014, or pursuant to which the Company will acquire or any ownership interest Subsidiary has agreed to or otherwise has an obligation to purchase, license or sell in any other Person calendar year 2015, goods, equipment or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary personal property or services that involved or is expected to involve payment by or to the Company and the Subsidiaries in excess of the Company$3,000,000 during such period, or (Cii) that provides for minimum purchase requirements in excess of such amount over the remaining term of such agreement; (xv) any credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, note, mortgage, security agreement, loan commitment or other contract or instrument relating to Indebtedness owed by or to the Company or a Subsidiary; (xvi) any contract that involves containing most favored nation pricing provisions or granting to any Person a right of first refusal, a right of first offer or an option to purchase, acquire, sell or dispose of any Assets (other than inventory in the ordinary course of business) valued at an amount in excess of $500,000; (xvii) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personother similar agreements, but excluding the Organizational Documents of any of the Subsidiaries; (vixviii) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case operating leases involving annual payments in excess of $500,000, other than 100,000; (xix) any contract or agreement relating to any capital expenditure or leasehold improvement with remaining payments in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate that has (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, commenced but is not yet completed or (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which that obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiaries to incur expenditures with respect to a project that is currently engaged in research or development, excluding not yet commenced; (xx) any settlement agreement (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be involving material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business performance by the Company or any of its Subsidiariesthe Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement or (B) for an amount in excess of $250,000, in each case entered into within the past two (2) years; (xxxi) any Contract material contract or agreement with a group purchasing organization (“GPO”); and (xxii) any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer contract containing obligations of the Company or any a Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust under conditional sale or other contract granting a Lien on title retention agreements relating to any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery purchased by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companysuch Subsidiary. (b) Except for Each Material Contracts that have expired Contract is a valid and binding agreement of the Company or terminated by their termsone or more of the Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and to the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) other party thereto, on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31other, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, and is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiaryeffect, and to the knowledge none of the Company, binding upon any of the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except Subsidiaries or, to the extent enforceability may Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in default or breach in any material respect under (or is alleged to be limited by in default or breach in any material respect under) the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation terms of, or are not in default under has provided or received any notice of any intention to terminate, any such Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityand, nor to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that Company, no event or circumstance has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute an event of default thereunder or result in or give any Person a default right of acceleration or early termination thereof (other than pursuant to Section 5.15 hereof). The Company has made available to Parent and Merger Sub a true and complete copy of (x) each Material Contract (including all material modifications and amendments thereto and waivers thereunder) or form of Material Contract and (y) all form contracts, except for defaults which individually agreements or instruments used in and material to the aggregate have not resulted in termination businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this Section 3.7(b), the term “Material Contract” shall be deemed to include any Contract that, if entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, would qualify as a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContract.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Amerisourcebergen Corp)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to Section 3.18(a) of the Company SEC DocumentsDisclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreementhereof, none of the Company any agreement, lease, license, use or its Subsidiaries is a party to occupancy agreement, contract, note, mortgage, indenture, arrangement or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementother binding obligation (each, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following ”) to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of the Company is currently a party to or by which any assets of the Company it or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company them are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any “material contract” (as such term otherwise currently bound, that is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be not filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents or that is not a Contract which is posted and available for review by Parent as of 12:00 p.m., Chicago time, on January 7, 2010, in the internet based data site maintained by the Company with M▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation and referred to commonly as the Krusher Data Site (the “Posted Data Room Documents, whether ”): (i) that would be required to be filed by the Company as an exhibit to any Company SEC Document pursuant to Item 601(b)(4) or not filed with 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; Securities Act; (ii) pursuant to which the Company or any Contract that contains Company Subsidiary (A) licenses or otherwise obtains the right to use the Intellectual Property rights of any covenant other Person (other than licenses for readily available commercial software or licenses of Intellectual Property which are not material to the manufacture or sale by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any product of the Company not to engage in or any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of businessCompany Subsidiary), or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” is restricted in any material respect in its right to use any Company Intellectual Property where any such material restriction would reasonably be expected to result, individually or similar provisions; in the aggregate, in a Company Material Adverse Effect; (iii) that, since January 1, 2003, relates to the acquisition or disposition of any contract containing material business or material real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), not including any disposition which has been reflected in prior financial statements of the Company that have been filed as part of the Company SEC Documents; (iv) that relates to any acquisition of assets or of a business under which there is a future obligation on the part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary which would reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 under any such Contract, including by means of an earn-out” out or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant mechanism; (v) purporting to which restrict or prohibit the Company or any Company Subsidiary from engaging or competing in the manufacture, marketing, distribution or sale of any of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultproducts or services presently manufactured, in each casemarketed, in payments distributed or sold by the Company or any Company Subsidiaries; (vi) that relates to any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance or other similar arrangement (each a “JV”) in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partner, member or party, excepting any JV with respect to which the Company or the Company Subsidiary which is a partner, member or party thereof has no remaining capital contribution obligation, no unperformed obligation to extend credit, and with respect to which it has no personal liability respecting such JV’s indebtedness, liabilities and obligations; (vii) that evidences or is the primary document under which there arises Indebtedness of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than agreements with or among direct or indirect wholly owned Company Subsidiaries) in excess of $1,000,000; (viii) under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has advanced or loaned any other person the principal sum of more than $1,000,000, not including credit extended to customers in the ordinary course of business; (ix) that includes any guarantee by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any debt or obligations which are in excess of $500,000 (other than any guarantee by the Company of a Company Subsidiary’s debts or obligations or a guarantee by a Company Subsidiary of the Company’s debts or obligations or another Company after Subsidiary’s debts or obligations); (x) the date performance of which involves expenditures or receipts of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements Company or any Company Subsidiary in excess of $1,000,000 per year not entered into in the ordinary course of business); ; (ivxi) any Contract that (1) is material to provides for the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition production by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any product on an exclusive or requirements basis or the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which purchase by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person product on an exclusive or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of businessoutput basis, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties was not made in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; Company Subsidiary; (xxii) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary other employee of the Company or any Affiliate Company Subsidiary earning noncontingent cash compensation in excess of the Company $150,000 per year (including any employment, consulting, retention, severance, change in control, non-competition, termination or holder of 5% indemnification agreements); (xiii) that is a collective bargaining agreement or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust similar labor agreement with a labor union or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets labor organization with respect to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; Company Subsidiary; (xiixiv) any Contract that provides for payments by or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party with any Governmental Entity, excepting any such Contract made in the ordinary course of business and not to resolve any claimed liability for breach or violation of any law or regulation of governmental authority; (xv) that grants any party to the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, Contract or the delivery any other third party “most favored nation” pricing or terms under a Contract which may not be terminated on sixty (60) days or less notice by the Company or any the Company Subsidiary which is a party to such Contract; (xvi) the failure to obtain consent in respect of, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect and (xvii) that provides for termination, acceleration of payment or other special rights upon the occurrence of a change in control of the Company where such termination, acceleration of goods payment or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or other special right would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (each such Contract described in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or clauses (i) through (xvii), each Contract filed as an exhibit to the Company or any Subsidiary SEC Documents and each of the Posted Data Room Documents that meets the description of any of clauses (i) though (xvii) is referred to herein as a “Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyMaterial Contract”). (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsA true, correct and complete copy of each Company Material Contract required (and any amendments thereto) has been made available to Parent. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in breach of or default under the terms of any Company Material Contract except for such breaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted in or would not reasonably be filed as an exhibit expected to (i) result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) no other party to any Company SEC Document filed after Material Contract is in breach of or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under the terms of any Company Material Contract except for such Form 10‑Kbreaches or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted in or would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Material Contract is valid, in full force and effect a valid and binding upon obligation of the Company or the applicable Company SubsidiarySubsidiary which is party thereto and, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the of each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in accordance with its terms full force and effect, except that (except to the extent enforceability i) such enforcement may be limited by the effect of subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and the effect (ii) equitable remedies of general principles specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge discretion of the Company does court before which any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Companyproceeding therefor may be brought.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Hillenbrand, Inc.)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement Section 3.12(a) of the CCR Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, complete list as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any hereof of the following written contracts and the material terms and conditions of the following oral contracts which relate, in each case, primarily to, or were primarily entered into in connection with, the CCR Business, to which any CCR Party is a party, and which are CCR Assumed Contracts (the Company or any “CCR Material Contracts”) (other than the insurance policies set forth on Section 3.15 of the Subsidiaries of CCR Disclosure Schedule and the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement.CCR Employee Plans): (i) any “material contract” all contracts (as such term is defined excluding work orders, purchase orders and credit applications submitted in Item 601(b)(10the ordinary course of business) that individually involve annual payments to or from a CCR Party in excess of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement$25,000; (ii) all contracts for the employment of any Contract CCR Business Employee or with respect to the equity compensation of any CCR Business Employee, in each case, that contains (A) any covenant by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is not to engage in any line of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsterminable at-will; (iii) all Collective Agreements; (iv) all contracts imposing a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any contract containing CCR Transferred Asset; (v) (A) all leases relating to the CCR Leased Real Property and all other leases or licenses involving any “earn-out” properties or other similar contingent assets (whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) involving an annual commitment or payment obligations pursuant of more than $125,000 individually by a CCR Party, and any material oral leases to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has CCR Parties is a party (if any) relating to the CCR Leased Real Property, and (B) all leases relating to rolling stock or material handling equipment (including forklifts); (vi) all contracts that limit or restrict the CCR Business from engaging in any remaining liability as business or activity in any jurisdiction; (vii) all contracts that contain exclusivity obligations or restrictions binding on the CCR Business such that the CCR Business is prohibited from engaging in any business or activity whether alone or with third parties, whether before or after the Closing, other than (A) any contracts or agreements with any CCR Party or any of the date CCR Parties’ Affiliates with respect to any Incubation Beverage (as defined in the Comprehensive Beverage Agreement) as long as such exclusivity obligations or restrictions are limited to the CCR Territory or (B) any contracts or agreements with respect to third-party licensed beverage brands that will terminate prior to the Closing without survival of this Agreement that could resultany such exclusivity obligation or restriction; (viii) all contracts for capital expenditures or the acquisition or construction of fixed assets, in each case, in payments by the Company excess of $25,000, whether individually or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business)aggregate; (ivix) all contracts granting to any Contract that (1) is material Person an option or a right of first refusal, right of first-offer or similar preferential right to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company purchase or (2) would require the Company or acquire any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the CompanyCCR Transferred Asset; (vx) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition all contracts that provide for an increased payment or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Companybenefit, or (C) any contract that involves a joint ventureaccelerated vesting, limited liability company upon the execution of this Agreement or partnership the Closing or in connection with a third Personthe transactions contemplated hereby; (vixi) all joint venture or partnership contracts, cooperative agreements and all other contracts providing for the sharing of any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to profits; (xii) all contracts by which a CCR Party licenses the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000CCR Transferred Licensed Intellectual Property, other than (A) accounts receivable contracts for commercially available, off-the-shelf computer software with a replacement cost or aggregate annual license and payable in the ordinary course maintenance fee of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of businessless than $20,000; (viixiii) all contracts that contain any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary “most favored nation” (or equivalent) provision in favor of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leasesCCR Customer; (viiixiv) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a wholeall local marketing contracts, other than any such local marketing contract that involves annual payments to or from a CCR Party of less than $25,000 in the aggregate; (xv) all contracts entered into with a Governmental Authority other than contracts with educational institutions administered by a Governmental Authority, including all Tax incentive agreements or similar agreements with respect to the CCR Business with any Governmental Authority; (xvi) all contracts not made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practicethat individually involve annual payments to or from a CCR Party in excess of $25,000; (ixxvii) all contracts that relate to the acquisition or disposition of any Contract that provides for business or any material amount of stock, assets or real property; (xviii) all contracts granting a CCR Party rights to produce, distribute, promote, market or sell any beverage or beverage product in the grant CCR Territory, other than contracts regarding distribution, promotion, marketing and sale of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants beverages and contractorsbeverage products described on Section 7.01(d) of any intellectual property of the Company CCR Disclosure Schedule or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company contract with any CCR Party or any of its SubsidiariesAffiliates; (xxix) any Contract to the Knowledge of the CCR Parties, all written contracts with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company CCR Party or any Affiliate of a CCR Party granting a CCR Party rights to produce, distribute, promote, market or sell any beverage or beverage product in the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares;CCR Territory; and (xixx) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust all other contracts and leases involving annual payments to or other contract granting from a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company CCR Party in excess of $500,000 per annum, or 25,000 that are material to the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by CCR Transferred Assets or to the Company or any Subsidiary operation of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the CompanyCCR Business. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their termsSection 3.12(b) of the CCR Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to correct and complete (i) list as of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or date hereof of all CCR Shared Contracts and (ii) list or general description as of the date hereof of any Company SEC Document filed other goods or services that the CCR Business receives or provides pursuant to any national or worldwide contract or agreement that relates to both the CCR Business and the businesses retained by the CCR Parties and/or their Affiliates that will not be available to the CCBCC Parties after such Form 10‑Kthe Closing on substantially the same terms as available to the CCR Business prior to the Closing. (c) Each CCR Material Contract, CCR Shared Contract and CCR Specified Non-Transferring Contract is valida legal, in full force and effect valid and binding upon obligation of a CCR Party and, to the Company Knowledge of the CCR Parties, of each other party to such CCR Material Contract, CCR Shared Contract, or the applicable Company SubsidiaryCCR Specified Non-Transferring Contract, as applicable, and each is enforceable against a CCR Party and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the CompanyCCR Parties, binding upon the each such other parties thereto party in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability in each case as may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law law or in equity). The Company and None of the Company Subsidiaries CCR Parties nor, to the Knowledge of the CCR Parties, any other party to a CCR Material Contract, CCR Shared Contract, or CCR Specified Non-Transferring Contract is in material default or material breach or has failed, or as of the Closing will have failed, as applicable, to perform any material obligation under a CCR Material Contract, CCR Shared Contract or CCR Specified Non-Transferring Contract, as applicable, and, to the Knowledge of the CCR Parties, there does not received exist any claim of event, condition or omission that would constitute such a material breach or violation of, or are not in material default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or (whether by lapse of time or both notice or both). None of the CCR Parties has received any written notice of a proposed termination, cancellation or non-renewal with respect to any CCR Material Contract, CCR Shared Contract, or CCR Specified Non-Transferring Contract. It is understood that certain of the CCR Material Contracts, CCR Shared Contracts or CCR Specified Non-Transferring Contracts may expire by their terms between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, and no such expiration will be considered a breach of any of the representations set forth in this Section 3.12(c). Each CCR Material Contract that requires the consent of or notice to the other party thereto to avoid any breach, default or violation of such CCR Material Contract in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby has been identified on Section 3.12(a) of the CCR Disclosure Schedule with an asterisk. (d) As of the Closing, each CCR Pre-Closing Material Contract will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of a CCR Party and, to the Knowledge of the CCR Parties, of each other party to such CCR Pre-Closing Material Contract, and, as of the Closing, each will be enforceable against a CCR Party and, to the Knowledge of the CCR Parties, each such other party in accordance with its terms (except in each case as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity). As of the Closing, none of the CCR Parties nor, to the Knowledge of the CCR Parties, any other party to a CCR Pre-Closing Material Contract will be in material default or material breach or will have failed to perform any material obligation under a CCR Pre-Closing Material Contract and, to the Knowledge of the CCR Parties, as of the Closing, there will not exist any event, condition or omission that would constitute such a material breach or material default thereunder(whether by lapse of time or notice or both). As of the Closing, except for defaults which individually or in none of the aggregate CCR Parties will have not resulted in termination received any written notice of a proposed termination, cancellation or non-renewal with respect to any CCR Pre-Closing Material Contract Contract. (e) The CCR Parties have provided the CCBCC Parties with true, correct and complete copies of all CCR Material Contracts and all portions of any CCR Shared Contracts or resulted CCR Specified Non-Transferring Contracts that relate to the CCR Business (together with such other portions thereof as are necessary to comprehend the terms thereof that apply to the CCR Business) and all written modifications, amendments and supplements thereto and written waivers thereof, in a material liability for each case, as of the Companydate hereof. To the extent that, between the date hereof and the Closing, the CCR Parties locate any contracts which would have been required to be disclosed in response to Section 3.12(a)(xix) if the CCR Parties had Knowledge of such contracts on the date hereof, then the CCR Parties will promptly provide true, correct and complete copies of any such contracts to the CCBCC Parties.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Exchange Agreement (Coca Cola Co)

Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents, as Section 3.15 of the date of this Agreement, none Bank Disclosure Letter lists each of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party following types of Contracts (excluding Bank Plans) to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company Bank or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are is bound as of the date of this Agreement.hereof: (i) any “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) lease of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether real property that provides for annual payments of $100,000 or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreementmore; (ii) any Contract that contains (A) any covenant by noncompetition or exclusive dealing agreements or other agreement or obligation that purports to materially limit or restrict in any respect the Company ability of the Bank or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (or, following the consummation of the Company not Transactions, would limit the ability of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates) to engage compete in any line of business or to compete with any Person or in any line geographic area (other than as may be required by Law or any Governmental Entity) or which grants any right of businessfirst refusal, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” right of first offer or similar provisionsright or that limits or purports to limit the ability of the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries (or, following consummation of the Transactions, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates) to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any assets or business; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could resultContract for, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary that contemplates, a possible merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset acquisition or sale or acquisition or sale of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into equity securities not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or any Contract which relates to a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other business combination, or asset acquisition or sale or acquisition or sale of equity securities and which contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent obligations) that are still in effect; (iv) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money or the deferred purchase price of property or services by it or any its Subsidiaries or the guarantee by it or any of its Subsidiaries of any such foregoing obligations of a third party (other than deposit liabilities and FHLB borrowings and Contracts relating to endorsements for payment, guarantees and letters of credit made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), including any sale and leaseback transactions, capitalized leases and other similar financing transactions; (v) any Contract that involves expenditures or receipts of it or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $125,000 per year (other than pursuant to Loans originated or purchased by the Bank or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (vi) any Contract that provides for future payments or obligations of the Bank or its Subsidiaries in excess of $125,000 in the aggregate and which by its terms does not terminate or is not terminable without penalty or payment upon notice of one hundred eighty (180) days or less; (vii) any Contract containing a “most favored nation” clause or other similar term providing preferential pricing or treatment to a party (other than the Bank or its Subsidiaries) that is material to the Bank or its Subsidiaries; (viii) any Contract relating to a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, or relating to the formation, creation or operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture, in each case, with any third parties; (ix) any Contract that provides which limits payments of dividends; (x) any license, franchise or similar agreement material to the business and operations of the Bank and its Subsidiaries; (xi) any (i) license, development, consent, source code escrow or similar agreement relating to Intellectual Property or (ii) agreement for the grant provision of a licenseor services relating to IT Assets, or in each case, that are material to the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants business and contractors) of any intellectual property operations of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (Bank and its Subsidiaries, other than non-exclusive in-licenses granted to third parties commercially available software for annual fees of less than $50,000 per year or non-exclusive out-licenses in the ordinary course of business by the Company (but including open source software licenses that require licensees to license or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority make source code available to third parties if software incorporation or (y) director based upon such licensed software is licensed, conveyed or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Companymade available to third parties); (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by which limits the right to use or grant any third party the right to use the Company name “Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust Company” or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014);variant thereof; and (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to listed on Section 3.21 of the Bank Disclosure Letter. Each Contract of the type described in the foregoing clauses (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or through (iixiii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect referred to herein as a “Bank Material Contract.” (i) Each Bank Material Contract is valid and binding upon on the Company Bank and any of its Subsidiaries to the extent the Bank or the applicable Company Subsidiarysuch Subsidiary is a party thereto, as applicable, and to the knowledge of the CompanyBank, binding upon the each other parties thereto party thereto, and is in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms (terms, except to the extent that validity and enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium moratorium, reorganization or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of or by general principles of equityequity or by principles of public policy and except where the failure to be valid, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered binding, enforceable and in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company full force and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofeffect would not, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination of a Bank Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) there is no default under any Bank Material Contract by the Bank or resulted in a material liabilityany of its Subsidiaries or, nor to the knowledge of the Company does Bank, any other party thereto, and no event or condition exist has occurred that with constitutes, or, after notice or lapse of time or both both, would constitute constitute, a default thereunderon the part of the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Bank, any other party thereto under any such Bank Material Contract, nor has the Bank or any of its Subsidiaries received any written notice of any such default, event or condition, or of any termination or non-renewal of any Bank Material Contract, except for defaults which where any such default, event or condition, or any such termination or non-renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate aggregate, reasonably be expected to have not resulted in termination a Bank Material Adverse Effect. The Bank has made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of a all the Bank Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the CompanyContracts, including any amendments thereto.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Iberiabank Corp)

Contracts. Section 3.01(h) of the Company Letter sets forth (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits with specific reference to the Company SEC Documentssubsection of this Section 3.01(h) to which such Contract relates, including any further subsection) a list as of the date of this Agreement, none of Agreement of: (A) each Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed not to compete with any person in any area or to engage in any activity or business, or pursuant to which any material benefit or right is required to be given or lost, or any material penalty or detriment is incurred, as a party to result of so competing or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(aengaging; (B) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreementor bound (1) providing for exclusivity, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following (2) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is restricted in any material respect, or (3) which after the Effective Time would restrict Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in any material respect, in each case which exclusivity or restrictions apply to the development, manufacture, marketing, franchising or distribution of their respective products or services or otherwise with respect to the operation of their respective businesses; (C) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by bound or with respect to which the Company or any assets of its Subsidiaries has any material obligation with (1) any affiliate of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. its Subsidiaries, (i2) any “material contract” Company Personnel, (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii3) any Contract that contains union or other labor organization or (A4) any covenant affiliate of any such person (other than, in each case, (I) offer letters or employment agreements that are terminable at will by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company not to engage in its Subsidiaries both without any line penalty and without any obligation of business or to compete with any Person in any line of business, or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement its Subsidiaries to pay severance or other compensation or benefits (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into accrued base salary, accrued commissions, accrued bonuses, accrued vacation pay, accrued floating holidays and legally mandated benefits), (II) Benefit Plans and Benefit Agreements other than offer letters or employment agreements and (III) Contracts between the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and any of the Company’s Subsidiaries); (D) each Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $250,000; (E) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound creating or granting a Lien (including Liens upon properties or assets acquired under conditional sales, capital leases or other title retention or security devices), other than (1) Liens for taxes assessments and other governmental charges not yet due and payable, that are payable without penalty or that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been established, (2) Liens for landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s, workers’ or similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case for sums not yet due and payable or due but not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (3) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations and (4) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not reasonably likely to adversely interfere in a material way with the use of the properties or assets encumbered thereby (collectively, “Permitted Liens”); (ivF) each Contract to or by which the Company or any Contract that of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound (1other than Benefit Plans and Benefit Agreements) is material containing any provisions contemplating or relating in any way to a “change in control” or similar event with respect to the Company and or one or more of its Subsidiaries, taken as a wholeincluding provisions requiring consent or approval of, and requires or notice to, any Governmental Entity or other person in the consent event of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require one or more of its Subsidiaries, or otherwise having the Company effect of providing that the consummation of the Merger or any successor thereto of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the execution, delivery or effectiveness of this Agreement will materially conflict with, result in a material violation or material breach of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, such Contract, or give rise under such Contract to make any right of, or result in, a termination, right of first refusal, material amendment, revocation, cancelation or material acceleration of any obligation, or a loss of a material benefit or the creation of any material payment to another Person Lien upon consummation any of a change in control the properties or assets of the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or to any increased, guaranteed, accelerated or additional material rights or material entitlements of any person; (vG) any each Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (1) consented to or agreed not to assert rights with respect to the use or registration by a third party of the trademark “Teavana” or any similar trademark or (2) has received a third party’s consent to the use or registration by the Company will acquire or any ownership interest of its Subsidiaries of the trademark “Teavana” or any similar trademark; (H) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound granting the other party to such Contract or a third party “most favored nation” pricing or terms that (1) applies to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (2) following the Effective Time, would apply to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries; (I) each Contract containing any “non-solicitation”, “no-hire” or similar provision that restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any other Person material respect; (J) each Contract to or other business enterprise other than by which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Companyits Subsidiaries is a party or bound forming or establishing, or relating to the formation or establishment of, any joint venture (C) any contract that involves a joint venturewhether in partnership, limited liability company or partnership with a third Personother organizational form) or alliance or similar arrangement; (viK) each Contract to or by which the Company or any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans of its Subsidiaries is a party or credit agreements, security agreements bound with any Governmental Entity; (L) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound entered into in the last five years in connection with the settlement or other Contracts relating resolution of any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding; (M) each Contract to or by which the borrowing Company or any of money its Subsidiaries is a party or extension bound containing any standstill provisions which in any way limit the ability of creditthe Company or any of its Subsidiaries to acquire the securities or assets of any person; (N) each Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Major Vendor, including any material terms and conditions that are in each case effect as of the date of this Agreement and referenced in purchase orders with any such Major Vendor (other than ordinary course terms and conditions regarding purchase price, amounts and delivery) and any written or oral commitments to purchase additional products, supplies, services or ingredients from any such Major Vendor in excess of $500,000100,000; (O) each Contract to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound that contains any indemnification rights or obligations, or credit support relating to such indemnification rights or obligations, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course any of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers such indemnification rights or from suppliers obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (viiP) any each Contract pursuant not otherwise disclosed under this Section 3.01(h)(i) which has aggregate future sums due to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which from the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other (1) during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the 12-month anniversary of this Agreement, in excess of $500,000 or (2) of more than any such contracts entered into in $1,500,000 during the ordinary course life of business consistent with past practice;the Contract; and (ixQ) any Contract that provides except for the grant of a licenseContracts disclosed above, each material Contract to or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority Subsidiaries is a party or (y) director or officer bound not made in the ordinary course of business. The Contracts of the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries of the Company or any Affiliate type referred to in clauses (A) through (Q) of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to this subsection (i) (whether in effect on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for date of this Agreement or entered into following the year ended December 31date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date), 2014 or (ii) any together with the Franchise Agreements, are collectively referred to in this Agreement as “Specified Contracts”. The Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑Khas made available to Parent a complete and correct copy of each of the Specified Contracts, including all amendments thereto. Each Specified Contract is valid, in full force and effect (except for those Contracts that have expired in accordance with their terms) and is a legal, valid and binding upon agreement of the Company or the applicable Company such Subsidiary, and as the case may be, and, to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the of each other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcyparty thereto, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and enforceable against the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation ofsuch Subsidiary, or are not in default under any Material Contractas the case may be, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liabilityand, nor to the knowledge of the Company, against the other party or parties thereto, in each case, in accordance with its terms. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (x) each of the Company does any condition exist that and its Subsidiaries is not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a both) in breach or default thereunder, except for defaults which individually under any Specified Contract and has not waived or failed to enforce any rights or benefits thereunder (other than in the aggregate have not resulted ordinary course of business), (y) no other party to any of the Specified Contracts is (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) in termination breach or default thereunder and (z) there has occurred no event that (with or without notice or lapse of a Material Contract time or resulted in a both) would give to others any right of termination, material liability for the Companyamendment or cancellation of any Specified Contract.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Teavana Holdings Inc)

Contracts. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.17, Seller is not bound by or a party to: (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to any Contractual Obligation (or group of related Contractual Obligations) the Company SEC Documents, as performance of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Material Contract, except as set forth in Section 4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule which contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts involves annual payments to or by Seller in the aggregate in excess of $10,000 or aggregate payments to or by Seller in excess of $25,000 over the life of such Contractual Obligation, other than any Contractual Obligation which the Company by its terms can be terminated upon no greater than sixty (60) days’ notice without material penalty or any further obligation or Liability to Seller; (b) any Contractual Obligation relating to the acquisition or disposition of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of the following to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company is a party or by which any assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company are bound as of the date of this Agreement. (i) any material contract” business of Seller (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10whether by merger, consolidation or other business combination, sale of securities, sale of assets or otherwise) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) any Contract that contains material asset other than in the Ordinary Course of Business; (Ac) any covenant by Contractual Obligation under which Seller is, or may become, obligated to pay any amount in respect of indemnification obligations, purchase price adjustment or otherwise in connection with any (i) acquisition or disposition of assets or securities (other than the Company sale of inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business), (ii) merger, consolidation or any Subsidiary other business combination or (iii) series or group of related transactions or events of the Company not type specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above. (d) any Contractual Obligation concerning or consisting of a partnership, limited liability company or joint venture agreement (including joint manufacturing agreements or other third party manufacturing agreements); (e) any Contractual Obligation (or group of related Contractual Obligations) under which Seller has permitted any material Acquired Asset to engage in become Encumbered; (f) any line Contractual Obligation under which any other Person has Guaranteed any Debt of business Seller; (g) any Contractual Obligation, whether Seller is subject to or the beneficiary of such obligations, which limits or purports to limit the ability of any Person to compete with any Person in any line of business, with any other Person or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisionsin any geographic area; (iiih) any contract containing Contractual Obligation under which Seller is, or may become, obligated to incur any “earn-out” severance pay or special Compensation obligations which would become payable by reason of, this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions; (i) any Contractual Obligation under which Seller is, or may, have any Liability to, any investment bank, broker, financial advisor, finder’s agreement or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant Person (including an obligation to pay any legal, accounting, brokerage, finder’s, or similar fees or expenses in connection with this agreement or the Contemplated Transactions); (j) any Contractual Obligation providing for the employment or consultancy with an individual on a full-time, part-time, consulting or other basis or otherwise providing Compensation or other benefits to any officer, director, employee or consultant (other than an Employee Plan); (k) any collective bargaining agreement or other Contractual Obligation with any labor union or similar organization; (l) any agency, dealer, distributor, sales representative or marketing agreement; (m) any Contractual Obligation under which Seller has advanced or loaned an amount to any of its Affiliates or employees other than in the Company Ordinary Course of Business; (n) any Subsidiary Contractual Obligation that contains most favored customer pricing provisions or grants any exclusive rights, rights of the Company first refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights to any Person; (o) any Contractual Obligation with an Affiliate of Seller or any stockholder; (p) any Contractual Obligation with any Governmental Authority. Seller has any remaining liability as delivered to Buyer true, accurate and complete copies of the date of this Agreement that could resulteach written Contractual Obligation required to be listed on Schedule 3.17, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary of the Company, or (C) any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit, in each case in excess of $500,000, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable in the ordinary course of business, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts amended or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Companymodified and in effect. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any claim of a material breach or violation of, or are not in default under any Material Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company

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Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Auxilio Inc)

Contracts. Section 3.01(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth (a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits with specific reference to the Company SEC Documentssubsection of this Section 3.01(i) to which such Contract relates) a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, none of: (i) (A) each Contract that would be required to be filed, but has not been filed, by the Company as a “material contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or (B) any Contract with any current or former employee, director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (1) contains a non-competition, employee non-solicitation, or customer non-solicitation or non-interference provision, other than where the Company or its Subsidiaries are the beneficiary of such restrictive covenant; (2) relate to employees in the United States and cannot be terminated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries “at will”; (3) relate to employees outside the United States and has employment termination provisions that are materially more restrictive on the Company than Applicable Law except where such provisions are consistent with practice in the local employment market for individuals of comparable role and responsibilities or (4) contains a retention, change in control, change of control, transaction bonus, severance, golden parachute or similar provision; (ii) each Contract that restricts the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage or compete in any business of the Company or to compete with any person in any geographical area, or that by its terms restricts, the persons to whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell products or deliver services or that otherwise prohibits or limits the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party to sell, distribute or bound by manufacture any Material ContractCompany Products or to purchase or otherwise obtain any software, except as set forth in Section 4.12(acomponents, parts or subassemblies; (iii) each loan and credit agreement, mortgage, note, debenture, bond, indenture and other similar Contract pursuant to which any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company Disclosure Schedule or any of its Subsidiaries is outstanding or may be incurred, and each Contract or instrument pursuant to which contains a complete indebtedness for borrowed money may be incurred or is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any such Contract solely between or among any of the Company and accurate list any of all Material Contracts its Subsidiaries; (iv) each Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries paid more than $750,000 during the twelve (12) month period ended March 31, 2015 and, to the Company’s Knowledge, each Contract under which the Company would expect to make future payments exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate; (i) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] (ii) each Contract for the acquisition or disposition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of properties or assets for, in each case, aggregate consideration of more than $500,000, except for acquisitions of supplies and acquisitions and dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (iii) each Contract that provides for interest rate caps, collars or swaps, currency hedging or any other similar agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as party; (iv) each Contract that relates to the voting or registration for sale under the Securities Act of any securities of the date of this Agreement. For all purposes of and under this AgreementCompany, a “Material Contract” shall mean any of other than the following to which Voting Agreements; (v) each Contract that provides for the Company or any of the its Subsidiaries of the Company is a party to indemnify or by which hold harmless any assets employee, director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for form indemnification agreements entered into by the Subsidiaries Company’s directors and officers, which form has been provided to Parent; (vi) each Contract providing for the formation, creation, operation or management, with any third party, of any joint venture, strategic alliance, or partnership, other than reseller agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s reseller program, and other than the “Blue Orbit” marketing program; (vii) each Contract that grants any put option, call option, right of first refusal or right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material assets or businesses of the Company are bound as and its Subsidiaries; (viii) each Contract that contains (A) a “most favored nation” or (B) other term providing preferential pricing or treatment to a third party; (ix) each Contract with or binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets that is of the date type that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of this Agreement.Regulation S-K under the Securities Act; (x) each Contract that represents any commitment or agreement to enter into any of the foregoing; (xi) each Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any of the top twenty (20) third-party customers (as measured by revenue) of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2015 (“Major Customers”); and (xii) each Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any of the top twenty (20) third-party suppliers (as measured by amounts paid to such suppliers) of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, for the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2015 (“Major Suppliers”). Each such Contract described in clauses (i) through (xvi) above, together with any other Contract (A) that was filed by the Company in its Annual Report on Form 10-K on March 27, 2015, or that would be required to be filed by the Company in its next Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as a “material contract” (as such term is defined in pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K) required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company SEC Documents, whether or not filed with the SEC, prior to the date of this Agreement; K and (iiB) any Contract that contains (A) Real Property Lease, is referred to herein as a “Specified Contract”. The Company has heretofore delivered or made available to Parent correct and complete copies of each Specified Contract, together with any covenant by and all amendments and supplements thereto and any “side letter” or similar documentation relating thereto. Each of the Specified Contracts is valid and binding on the Company or any the Subsidiary of the Company not party thereto and, to engage the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, and is in any line of business full force and effect, except for such failures to be valid and binding or to compete with any Person be in any line of businessfull force and effect that are not and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or (B) “most favored nation,” “exclusivity” or similar provisions; (iii) any contract containing any “earn-out” or other similar contingent payment obligations pursuant to which the Company any Subsidiary of the Company has any remaining liability as of the date of this Agreement that could result, in each case, in payments by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company after the date of the this Agreement (other than contingent payment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); (iv) any Contract that (1) is aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and requires the consent of the other party thereto upon a change in control of the Company or (2) would require the Company or . There is no default under any successor thereto to make any material payment to another Person upon consummation of a change in control of the Company; (v) any Specified Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company Company, by any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of assets whose value, in each case, is in excess time or the giving of $500,000, (B) pursuant to which notice or both would constitute a default thereunder by the Company or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries or, to the Company will acquire any ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than any Subsidiary Knowledge of the Company, or (C) by any contract that involves a joint venture, limited liability company or partnership with a third Person; (vi) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing of money or extension of creditparty thereto, in each case in excess of $500,000except for such defaults and events that are not and would not reasonably be expected to be, other than (A) accounts receivable and payable individually or in the ordinary course of businessaggregate, (B) loans to Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course of business, and (C) extensions of credit to customers or from suppliers in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any Contract pursuant to which the Company, Subsidiary of the Company, or any other party thereto has material continuing obligations, rights or interests relating to the research, development, supply, manufacture or marketing of, or collaboration with respect to, any Company product for which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is currently engaged in research or development, excluding (A) non-disclosure agreements; (B) agreements with contractors or vendors providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (C) leases; (viii) any Contract providing for indemnification or guarantee of the obligations of any other Person that would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ix) any Contract that provides for the grant of a license, or the development (excluding contracts with employees, consultants and contractors) of any intellectual property of . Neither the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business by the Company or nor any of its Subsidiaries; (x) any Contract with any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or holder of 5% or more of the outstanding Shares; (xi) any mortgage, pledge, security agreement, deed of trust or other contract granting a Lien on any material property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (xii) any Contract that provides for payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in excess of $500,000 per annum, or the delivery by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of goods or services with a fair market value in excess in $500,000 per annum, during the remaining term thereof (in each case, based on the Company’s good faith estimate taking into account payments or deliveries, as applicable, during the calendar year 2014); (xiii) any customer, client, supply or vendor Contract that involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2014 in excess of $500,000 or that is reasonably likely to involved consideration payable by or to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $500,000; and (xiv) any Contract that restricts or otherwise limits the payment of dividends or other distributions on equity securities, prohibits the pledging of the capital stock to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or prohibits the issuance of guarantees by any Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Except for Material Contracts that have expired or terminated by their terms, each Material Contract required to be filed as an exhibit to (i) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 or (ii) any Company SEC Document filed after such Form 10‑K, is valid, in full force and effect and binding upon the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except to the extent enforceability may be limited by the effect of applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the effect of general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not has received any claim written notice of a material breach termination or violation of, or are not in default cancellation under any Material Specified Contract, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability, nor to the knowledge of the Company does any condition exist that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default thereunder, except for defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not resulted in termination of a Material Contract or resulted in a material liability for the Company.

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Sources: Merger Agreement (Cyan Inc)